Practice management

While firms today often have little choice but to engage in international business, the savvy ones have already made that big decision.

Major new requirements and obligations under the Affordable Care Act go into effect in 2014. Many individuals and employers are only vaguely aware of them; fewer still appear to be aware of how to react.

With its headquarters in the global hub of Miami, Berkowitz Pollack Brant is in the perfect spot to attract, attain and assist foreign and domestic clients who are ready to conduct business on an international level.

Big Four firm deloitte launched its new leadership Center for inclusion in early March with a celebration, informational sessions and tours of its deloitte University campus in Westlake, Texas, the epicenter for this renewed commitment to evolved diversity education.

Highlights of tax news from the previous month

Worker classification has long been an area only vaguely understood by many employers.

Four firms share how they're managing their customer relationships

Being strong at home doesn't mean you never leave the house.

The widely followed R&D Tax Credit case involving Union Carbide Corporation and the cost of supplies used during production has finally come to an end. On March 18, the Supreme Court denied review of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision, which had affirmed the earlier Tax Court ruling.

With the clock ticking down to April 15, Ernst & Young is offering taxpayers some last-minute tips if they haven’t yet filed their taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service is expanding a program nationwide to help law enforcement get access to tax return data.

Amazon.com Inc., the world’s biggest online retailer, and discount Internet seller Overstock.com Inc. lost a challenge to New York’s Internet sales tax law as the state’s highest court rejected their arguments that it was unconstitutional.

The top 10 issues that are most likely to prompt an indirect tax audit, when uncovered, according to the Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters:

The Internal Revenue Service has reduced the amount of time it is estimating it will take to process hundreds of thousands of delayed tax returns claiming refunds from education tax credits.

Microsoft Dynamics GP partner The Resource Group will launch a series of webcasts beginning April 10, designed to educate companies about the hidden costs of entry-level accounting systems.

A federal appeals court has refused to lift an injunction by a lower court against the Internal Revenue Service’s tax preparer regulation regime.

The U.S. Supreme Court will use a case involving billionaire Billy Joe “Red” McCombs to decide whether the federal government can impose hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties for the use of abusive tax shelters.

Zoho has released upgrades to its Web and mobile Zoho CRM product which include BCC Dropbox, an automatic BCC feature, and integration of MailMagnet, an email filtering function for mobile devices.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said that a new cooperative effort between the IRS and business taxpayers to conduct real-time audits is receiving positive feedback.

While its figures for the overall season were flat, Intuit reported today that from January 30 through March 16, sales of TurboTax Online units increased 29 percent versus the comparable prior-year period, and that total TurboTax federal units were up 26 percent in the same span.