Practice management

For tax preparers getting ready for tax season, the environment has changed, according to Annie Schwab, tax manager at Padgett Business Services.

The Internal Revenue Service has released its work plan for the coming year outlining its priorities for examinations and audits of tax-exempt organizations.

The Internal Revenue Service still has some work to do to strengthen the controls over its Electronic Authentication Process after criminals gained access to an estimated 724,000 taxpayer accounts through its online Get Transcript application last year, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service spent $12 million to subscribe to a Microsoft enterprise email system that it was ultimately unable to use, according to a new report.

Accounting firm management expert Gary Shamis is departing BDO USA LLP to found his own consultancy, Winding River Consulting, in Cleveland.

The United Arab Emirates is setting up a federal tax authority that will be in charge of collecting levies, as the oil-rich Gulf nation seeks to diversify its revenue base with value-added taxation.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Parsing the new partnership audit rules

Trump’s proposed tax plan could provide a short-term boost to the economy before costing more than 690,000 jobs over a decade, while Clinton’s plan could send job-creation in the opposite direction.

Hurricane Matthew victims in much of North Carolina and parts of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida have until March 15 to file certain individual and business tax returns and make certain tax payments.

Tax professionals can earn CPE credits online through seminars filmed at the 2016 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums, the service announced.

Nonprofit software developer Blackbaud is predicting record donations on “#GivingTuesday,” the global day of giving that takes place on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.

Many CPA firms have been expanding rapidly, both organically and through mergers and acquisitions. This has included significant geographic expansion beyond the firms’ core locations. It has also included expanding into new areas such as IT-related advisory services.

Tax pros discuss do-it-yourself filers

Joel Sinkin of Transition Advisors explains in this video why the location of a firm is a major factor in its M&A opportunities and value.

The Internal Revenue Service is postponing a security upgrade to its e-Services for tax professionals in a new setback for the agency.

The perilous calculus associated with retirement

The U.S. Treasury Department softened new rules aimed at preventing multinational companies from shifting their profits offshore to lower-tax countries—a response to sustained criticism from big business and from members of Congress, who had asked that they be delayed and scaled back.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have released final regulations on earnings stripping in an effort to reduce the tax benefits of corporate inversions.