Tax

Security guard company Superior Protection Inc. and four of its executives were indicted for failing to pay employment taxes and other charges.

One of the defendants in a $60 million trust tax scheme has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison.

A New York CPA has been charged with stealing $1.6 million from a plastics recycling company.

Thomson Reuters’ Tax & Accounting business said it is offering single sign-on integration for its GoSystem Tax ES tax software and GoFileRoom ES document management software.

Two recent reports suggest that the movement to register tax return preparers will continue.

Getting a handle on 2008 year-end tax planning is especially challenging this year because of several areas of uncertainty.

The Internal Revenue Service said personal exemptions and standard deductions would rise in 2009 to keep pace with inflation, providing more than three dozen tax benefits.

Two of the Internal Revenue Service's newest modernized computer systems were deployed with known security vulnerabilities that could expose confidential taxpayer information, according to a new report from the Treasury Department's inspector general.

The Internal Revenue Service announced cost-of-living adjustments on the dollar limitations for pension plans and other items in tax year 2009, even as Social Security benefits are expected to rise next year.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is considering delaying implementation of its controversial standard on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes for private entitiies.