Tax planning

Gilman Ciocia has acquired Kelchlin Business Services, an accounting firm located in the Buffalo, N.Y., suburb of Depew.

The Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service have moved several boxes on Form W-2.

The White House has issued its budget for the coming year, and as usual it is already drawing complaints.

The Bush administration's budget proposals include a number of tax provisions, so the Treasury Department has released an explanation of the fiscal year 2009 revenue proposals, also known as the Bluebook.

A federal appeals court in Boston has upheld the conviction and 51-month jail sentence of Richard Hatch, the first-season winner of Survivor, on tax evasion charges.

Thomson Tax & Accounting has debuted OneSource Tax, a portal that helps corporate tax departments access tax tools, manage their workflow and keep track of information.

Actor Wesley Snipes was found not guilty of felony charges of tax fraud and conspiracy, but was found guilty on three misdemeanor charges of failing to file a tax return for three years.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued guidance on new pension-funding rules included in the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

Accountants Mike Karlins and Glea Ramey have purchased the Woodlands, Texas office of UHY Advisors TX and opened an independent firm, Karlins & Ramey LLC, CPAs.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued changes to the 2007 instructions for Form 1040 and Form 1040NR because of the Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007.

Taxpayers in the United Kingdom faced problems filing their taxes in time for the deadline when the government's Inland Revenue site returned error messages.

The Senate Finance Committee held hearings on the nomination of Douglas Shulman to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.

The American Institute of CPAs told the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department of its strong opposition to tax patents in a letter commenting on proposed regulations.

Congress can't seem to agree on what to do about an economic stimulus package, which could mire the effort to produce an effective package in time to do some good.

A man who was rumored to be Babe Ruth's nephew and namesake, George Herman Ruth, and a fellow jail inmate, were convicted of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service of approximately $360,000 after filing false tax returns while in jail.

The defense in the Wesley Snipes tax evasion trial has rested without calling any witnesses.

A prominent Senate Democrat said that he would add rebates for senior citizens who depend on Social Security to the economic stimulus package, along with an extension of unemployment benefits.

The House voted by a 385 to 35 margin to pass the economic stimulus package agreed to by President Bush and House leaders.

Three defendants, including two CPAs, whose trial was scheduled to begin in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City, have pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States, said the Justice Department.

Accounting firm Gilman Ciocia said it is launching an advertising campaign in South Florida and the New York metropolitan area to attract taxpayers this season.