Michael Cohn

BKD CPAs & Advisors premiered “The Missing Deduction,” a 30-minute video featuring plenty of esoteric tax jokes.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department released guidance that offers an extension of a safe harbor for developers of renewable energy projects located either offshore or on federal land.

Postlethwaite & Netterville, a Top 100 Firm based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has added The Koerber Company P.A., a firm in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, that focuses on valuation and litigation support.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants released a report on its accomplishments over the past four years in setting ethical standards around the world.

The Top 10 Firm has bolstered its Salesforce consulting practice by acquiring a San Francisco-based consultancy that specializes in the cloud-based CRM system.

Private collection agencies that have contracted with the Internal Revenue Service to collect overdue tax debts have collected nearly $500 million since 2017, according to a new report, but that’s just a fraction of the over $30 billion owed.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration so far hasn’t uncovered any evidence that sensitive taxpayer data was accessed during cyberintrusions blamed on Russian government hackers.

The initial direct deposits of the second round of economic impact payments are already going out to taxpayers.

With only a few days to go before the end of a difficult year, some accountants and tax professionals are still hoping to finish up some perplexing issues for their clients before New Year’s Day.

The Criminal Investigation Division is in a nostalgic mood, releasing a retrospective this week of its top five cases of the year through its Twitter handle, @IRS_CI.

The Institute of Management Accountants reported record growth in 2020 despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the accounting profession.

The latest round of coronavirus stimulus legislation includes some major tax provisions and changes for accountants to watch out for in the New Year.

Greg Engel is anticipating another year of tumultuous changes as clients deal with the coronavirus pandemic and new policies from the incoming Biden administration.

The change would make it easier for private companies and nonprofit organizations to evaluate a goodwill triggering event.

Anoop Natwar Mehta, who chaired the Maryland Association of CPAs from 2012-2013, has been nominated to chair the American Institute of CPAs for 2022-2023.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has issued a set of three revised standards aimed at improving quality management for auditors across the globe.

Five organizations released prototypes Friday of climate-related financial disclosure standards to illustrate how they could work within their various approaches.

Fraud is continuing to increase this year, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

The Internal Revenue Service cautioned electronic return originators about a new identity theft scheme aimed at holders of Electronic Filing Identification Numbers from fraudsters posing as IRS contractors.

The Internal Revenue Service is beefing up its controls to safeguard against improper self-employed retirement deductions, according to a new report.