Daniel Hood

The Internal Revenue Service needs to do more to prevent improper claims for refunds of excess Social Security tax withholding, according to a recent government report.

Big Four firm KPMG lead the pack among large firms in terms of new Securities and Exchange Commission audit clients in the third quarter of 2014, but a small Midwestern firm walked away with the most new engagements.

The IRS announced that professional tax preparers can now register for or renew their PTINs on IRS.gov.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced that it is accepting applications for research fellowships for next year.

Middle-market companies have had a tough couple of years on the tax front, according to a survey by Top 5 firm McGladrey LLP.

After a slight dip in September, the Accountants Confidence Index continued its downward trajectory, with both the short- and the mid-term measures declining, and short-term expectations dropping into contractionary territory.

Audit fees increased slightly in 2013, according to a new report, but remain lower as a percentage of revenue than in 2004.

U.S. investors’ confidence in a variety of aspects of U.S. markets has reached new highs, according to the Center for Audit Quality’s 2014 Main Street Investor Survey.

It's a good time to be hired -- and to hire.

Top 15 Firm BKD LLP has expanded its presence in Dallas with the acquisition of loan review services firm Kacinski & Associates Inc.

Buffalo CPA Jerry Mazurkiewicz has been named the 2014 winner of the Michael H. Urbach CPA Community Builders Award by the New York State Society of CPAs.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sanctioned a software company for having inadequate internal controls.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Silicon Valley software company and two former executives in an accounting fraud where timesheets were falsified to hit quarterly financial targets.

Top 10 Firm CohnReznick LLP has signed a letter of intent to combine with Bethesda, Md.-based Top 100 Firm Watkins Meegan LLC on November 1.

The Accountants Confidence Index took a slight dip in September, countering a slight rise in August -- though both the short-term and the mid-term figures remained in sync.

Accounting Today has announced the 2014 Best Accounting Firms to Work For.

The deadline for Accounting Today’s 2014 Managing Partner Elite list is rapidly approaching, with final submissions due this Friday, Sept. 5.

Two authors want to lay new responsibilities on the profession

Adding a set of simple sentences to your firm’s engagement letters could go a long way to making your firm safer from lawsuits, a legal expert told accountants at the Midwest Accounting Show.

Many of the biggest concerns for accounting firms in the future relate to people issues, according to Illinois CPA Society president and CEO Todd Shapiro.