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The Internal Revenue Service is making changes in its letter-forwarding program and no longer intends to try to locate a missing taxpayer who may be entitled to a retirement plan payment or other financial benefit.

The Taxpayer Advocate Service is revising the criteria it uses to accept cases from taxpayers who are having trouble dealing with the Internal Revenue Service to cut down on its caseload.

A penny shaved is a trust spurned

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It used to be that only very large, successful companies could operate and compete globally. Today, companies of any size can take advantage of global opportunities.

Account reconciliation is an underappreciated, yet critical, control to help ensure an organization's financial integrity. Weaknesses and inefficiencies in the reconciliation process often lead to mistakes on the balance sheet and overall inaccuracies in the financial close.

A penny shaved is a trust spurned

Nerds are officially cool -- cool enough to have recently overshadowed their prototypical rivals, jocks.

IMGCAP(1)]Many view leadership, management and administration as synonymous, but there are primary differences. It is not unusual for firms to expect individuals to possess the skills required for each. However, an individual's unique abilities will determine whether they enjoy the responsibilities and are successful.

What makes a visionary? The question was broached obliquely several times throughout the American Institute of CPAs' 2nd annual E.D.G.E. Conference, held in mid-August in Orlando, Fla.

Half a dozen accounting firms have been selected to help oversee compliance by the five banks that agreed to a mammoth national mortgage settlement.

Unprecendented levels of uncertainty wreak havoc on year-end planning

With our annual Top 100 Most Influential People list as its centerpiece, the September issue of Accounting Today is always a celebration of the individual in accounting.

Congress has a lot of tax issues on its plate between now and the end of the year.

A reader responds to an earlier letter about columnists Miller & Bahnson

A roundup of merger & acquisition activity among accounting firms

The July 16, 2012, homepage for Yahoo! had an article called "Six Careers for People Who Don't Like People." As I read the article, my worst fear was realized: Heading the list was "Accountants."

Find out if offering family office services is right for your firm

What do you think when you hear the word "coach?"