Practice and client management

From expenses and timesheets to estimates and invoices, it can be overwhelming for clients to condense an entire year of business into one single meeting with their accountant.

The Internal Revenue Service has introduced an online tool that will allow users to check on whether a foreign financial institution has registered for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA.

U.S. taxpayers have sharply contrasting opinions on the fairness of the various taxes they are forced to pay, according to a new survey.

The National Association of Enrolled Agents reports that it’s “troubled” by recent IRS proposals to institute temporary and voluntary annual filing season certification for preparers next season.

Accounting firms are trying to adapt to -- and with -- platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter

Working with the 'new' one-year/one-rollover rule for retirement plans

Three ways to generate more leads after April 15

A roundup of recent tax news.

State tax authorities are still trying to catch up

These tools may save a marriage -- or at least make your job easier

The profession has tried for years to coordinate, regulate, certify and monitor a vocation where the only tool to control illegal financial trickery is the good will of professionals who probably work hard to obey the law anyway.

Some of our favorite recent tax cases.

Early on my boss took me to a client that I was to work on. He started to explain what needed to be done and what the client did, but then he said, “I hate this client—everything is always messed up and nothing ever makes sense.”

Six former Internal Revenue Service employees have pleaded guilty to receiving unemployment benefits while they worked at the agency.

For tax preparers who were somewhat dismayed by the recent IRS statistics indicating a slight drop-off in the number of taxpayers who were using a professional to prepare their taxes as opposed to do-it-yourself tax software, take heart.

The push for a corporate tax holiday to encourage repatriation of an estimated $2.1 trillion in foreign profits seems to have gained traction again, thanks to a recent proposal from former President Bill Clinton, but such an idea could provide multinational companies with the incentive for earnings manipulation, according to a new study.

The IRS has issued a pair of one-page electronic publications containing information for individuals and families about the Affordable Care Act.

(Bloomberg) The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee voted to let companies write off more than half the cost of some investments immediately, providing a $287 billion tax cut to capital-intensive industries.

A federal jury found an 87-year-old Florida man owes the U.S. government civil penalties amounting to 150 percent of the value of his Swiss bank account, the biggest such penalty by percentage on record, his lawyers said.