Tax

The Texas Society of CPAs opened an interactive section of its Web site called Destination CPA aimed at high school and college students.

CCH has named Dee Hairgrove as vice president of ProSystem fx Tax development.

The U.S. Treasury Dept. has released a study on the income mobility of U.S. taxpayers between 1996 and 2005, and found evidence of upward mobility even as the gap between incomes at the upper and lower ends of the scale has grown.

Two firms in South Florida said they were merging, with Berenfeld, Spritzer, Shechter & Sheer LLP, expanding by combining with Lefcourt, Billig, Tiktin & Yesner.

Southern accounting firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram has acquired Bumpus Hall, allowing the firm to expand into the Nashville area.

The House has voted to approve a $78 billion bill that would provide a temporary fix to prevent the alternative minimum tax from spreading to about 23 million more taxpayers this coming tax season.

Intuit appointed R. Neil Williams as its new chief financial officer, succeeding Kiran Patel, who in June became general manager and senior vice president of the company's consumer tax business.

Lawyers for actor Wesley Snipes have filed a motion requesting a change of venue in his tax evasion trial, claiming that the current location is "a hotbed of Klan activity."

The Internal Revenue Service's financial management systems and internal controls came under sharp criticism in a financial audit conducted by the Government Accountability Office.

The Bush administration threatened to veto the Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007 in its present form, putting the patch for the alternative minimum tax in jeopardy as the deadline nears for fixing the AMT before it spreads to millions more taxpayers.