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The owner of a New Jersey tax preparation business pleaded guilty to willfully preparing false tax returns for clients.

The Internal Revenue Service’s purchase card program lacks consistent oversight to identify and address inappropriate use, such as overspending on meals, according to a new government report.

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has scheduled oral arguments for September 24 to hear the Internal Revenue Service’s appeal of Loving v. IRS, the case in which a trio of independent tax preparers successfully sued the IRS to suspend its mandatory testing and continuing education requirements for tax preparers.

Epicor Software Corporation is seeing some advancement in its lawsuit against Alternative Technology Solutions as the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a nationwide injunction against Alternative.

Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP has added Crossfire Advisory to its national health care practice, DHG Healthcare.

Some clients are like barnacles on the hull of a ship, according to leading QuickBooks consultant and advisor Joe Woodard: “They drag you down.”

Emily Burns Perryman of Freed Maxick CPAs discusses how firms can help young people with their professional development in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood.

Investors have a bit more to ponder as the administration rolls out its tax program, designed to both address the federal budget deficit and promote economic development.

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners kicked off its 24th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference with record attendance of over 2,600 people and the news that it will be expanding its corporate alliances and student chapters.

Accounting firms often make a fundamental mistake when it comes to bringing on new staff, according to consultant Jennifer Katrulya: They hire when they’re swamped.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a report describing the changes it plans to address the problems with its approval process for reviewing applications for tax-exempt status.

Thomas Wilson, chief operating officer of the Charlotte, N.C.-based accounting firm, Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP, died on June 19.

SmartVault is now integrated with DigiBookx, a cloud-based automated accounting product that uses extraction technology to capture financial data from any type of file and upload to an accounting package.

The inability of cities and local jurisdictions to collect existing sales taxes on Internet sales translates into billions of dollars in lost revenue, according to a new report from the U.S. Conference of Mayors, that found New York City, Phoenix and Chicago as the top money-losing cities.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants have partnered on a new Financial Leadership and Performance strategic initiative to support the career development goals of CFOs and other professionals, while also signing a Mutual Recognition Agreement.

To navigate around the increasingly mobile office, which is often spent in the car, practitioners are taking to the Scout GPS navigation travel app for Android and Apple devices.

Former Oracle chief financial officer Jeff Epstein has joined the board of directors at cloud-accounting and financial management product maker Intacct.

Unit4 Business Software, the North American subsidiary of Unit4, has released Unit4 Consolidation & Cash version 5 with integration to its financial performance management suite.

Barbara Rosenbaum has been elected president of the California Society of CPAs Education Foundation for 2013-14.

Tax prep firm Gilman Ciocia has been acquired by the investment banking and asset management firm National Holdings.