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This season is turning dangerous for tax preparers, according to published reports.

Some of our favorite recent tax frauds.

NCCPAP sets up a Shiva for Shelley Kronowitz …

The New York State Society of CPAs is asking the Financial Accounting Standards Board to expand a proposal that would standardize the treatment of foreclosed properties when they are backed by a loan from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development beyond the residential developments that were the focus of the original draft proposal.

The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards is working on several new initiatives to provide greater academic support for the financial planning profession, including a new Ph.D. program and academic journal, along with the possible establishment of a Center for Financial Planning.

CCH has released a new tax briefing analyzing the more than 160 tax proposals contained in President Obama’s $3.9 trillion budget plan.

Avalara announced the formation of a new strategic alliance with accounting firm association Leading Edge Alliance.

There are countless articles on how your technology should align with your accounting firm’s strategy and vision, but what are firms doing to ensure that the IT department is providing them excellent service?

The Internal Revenue Service did not always follow established procedures when trying to collect taxes from taxpayers who had declared bankruptcy, according to a new government report.

U.S. business executives are concerned about global competitiveness in light of the disparity between tax rates charged to their overseas competitors and the rates they are charged as U.S. corporations.

The members of the American Board of Forensic Accounting, the advisory board behind the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute’s Certified Forensic Accountant credential, have unanimously resigned amid questions about the legitimacy of the credential and the organization behind it.

CPA2Biz and ITA announced that they will be co-locating their respective conferences Dec. 7-10 at the National Gaylord in Washington, D.C.

Pamela Wickes, the director of forensic accounting at Teal, Becker & Chiaramonte, has been named to the Business Review’s 40 Under Forty Class of 2014.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

More than 27 million taxpayers have filed their tax returns from their home computers so far this tax season, an increase of almost 6 percent compared to last year.

U.S. CFOs’ confidence in the U.S. economy increased more than 10 percent in the first quarter of the year, reaching a two-year high, according to a new survey by Financial Executives International and Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business.

The largest U.S.-based companies added $206 billion to their stockpiles of offshore profits last year, parking earnings in low-tax countries until Congress gives them a reason not to.

The Private Companies Practice Section of the American Institute of CPAs recently issued its annual Top Issues Diagnostic Report. For the fifth consecutive year, owner/partner accountability and unity has been cited among the top two issues for CPA firms comprising more than 21 professionals.

The Internal Revenue Service has revised its guidance on electronic signatures, with updated information on the currently acceptable electronic signature methods, identity verification requirements and electronic record requirements.

The American Institute of CPAs has written a letter to the Internal Revenue Service, asking the agency to postpone the effective dates for cost basis reporting for options and debt instruments.