Tax practice

Practitioners share which designations they’re pursuing – and which their clients value.

Big bank shuffle; tax fraud smoked; asphalt, trees and evasion; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

AI is not just impacting tax preparers, but the companies that make tax prep software too. Many are going to be left behind.

As tax professionals, we aren’t the only ones watching our industries transform.

It’s important for professionals to learn how to embrace this generation, and future generations, to accelerate their firm’s technology goals and increase overall employee engagement.

Every year I speak with CPAs who bemoan the chaos and rush to file taxes for many of their business clients.

No practitioner wants to discover that their client’s data has been compromised.

The decision legitimizes a voluntary IRS program that allows participants a limited right to represent taxpayers in IRS audits.

While successful tax professionals find themselves with a surplus of business from January to April, the months of May to December are way too light.

EY will provide the public utility company with managed tax services, and 46 members of Duke’s tax team will receive job offers to join EY’s tax practice.

The Internal Revenue Service is encouraging practitioners to secure their client data.

The education provider offers courses about the complexities of accounting and taxation of digital currencies such as bitcoin and ethereum.

Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Catalyst has published an analysis of the new Section 199A qualified business income deduction for pass-through entities ushered in by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Charles Rettig, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the IRS, omitted mention on a disclosure form that the two rental properties in Hawaii in which he has a stake are at a Trump-branded resort, according to a memo by the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee.

Advertising, building a client base and handling technology all present major issues to a new practice.

The tax prep chain foresees fewer customers coming in to have their returns prepared as a result of the new tax law.

The tax prep chain is one company that's not happy with the Trump tax cuts.

Thomson Reuters has introduced the Checkpoint Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Toolkit to help accounting firms advise clients about the new tax law.

It can be easy to fall into a slump as your work days start to ease into a more manageable pace.

Take the time now to re-energize staff and rededicate yourself to the firm's mission.