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Edward Rigby has joined the tax services practice at ParenteBeard LLC as principal. Rigby will work out of the firm’s Clark, N.J. office.

The top personal income tax area of concern for technology executives that CPA Bill Melton of the Silicon Valley accounting firm Abbott, Stringham & Lynch sees in his client base is equity compensation.

The N.J. firm expands its offerings into a new niche with the acquisition of McGonigle & Co.

Cincinnati, Baltimore and Cleveland ranked highest among large cities in their tax favorability for businesses, according to a new study by KPMG, with New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La., leading the way among smaller cities.

A California tax preparer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and a year of supervised release for preparing false tax returns and stealing tax refunds and stimulus checks.

Farmers and ranchers who have been forced to sell livestock as a result of the drought currently affecting much of the nation now have an extended period of time in which to replace the livestock and defer tax on any gains from the forced sales, the Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday.

The majority of members of public company boards of directors are opposed to proposals for mandatory audit firm rotation, according to a new survey.

For tax professionals and paid preparers in particular, an item that should be of growing concern over the past few years has been preparer penalties.

Tax practices make some fundamental mistakes in their marketing -- but they can correct them, according to Chuck McCabe, CEO of The Income Tax School Inc.

Three defendants involved in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme have been sentenced in the Middle District of Alabama, according to the Department of Justice.

Randy Robason has been selected to lead Grant Thornton LLP’s International Tax practice.

A bill requiring federal agencies to place new controls on government charge cards and enforce more stringent penalties for violations by federal employees is on its way to President Obama for his signature, following final passage by Congress over the weekend.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Ant’s Eye View, a social media strategy development and consulting firm.

The Internal Revenue Service would be able to save more than $111 million in real estate rental costs over the next five years by requiring employees to share their work space if they often work remotely, according to a new government report.

Kentucky’s largest CPA firm, Mountjoy Chilton Medley, is planning to combine with McCauley Nicolas, the largest Southern Indiana accounting firm in the Louisville metropolitan area.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has reached a tentative agreement to begin observing Chinese regulatory authorities during inspections of auditing firms in China as a kind of “trust-building exercise.”

I speak with many executives who, when asked about whether or not they have an anti-fraud hotline in place, respond, “We don’t need an anti-fraud hotline; I know what goes on in my company.”

Accounting and professional services firm Kolb+Co. has recently launched a new blog, The Kolb+Co Element.

Crowe Horwath LLP, one of the biggest accounting and consulting firms in the U.S., has chosen Templeton Solutions to help configure and implement its Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management system for its offices across the country.

Mitt Romney released his 2011 tax return this afternoon, which revealed that the Republic presidential candidate paid taxes of $1,935,708 on $13.7 million in income, mostly from investments, giving him an effective tax rate of 14.1 percent.