Michael Cohn

The traditional family is no longer so traditional. Increasingly children are living in blended families, bringing complex tax issues to their parents’ accountants.

Reality TV star Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino and his brother Marc are facing more tax evasion charges in a long-running case.

The Internal Revenue Service saw a sharp drop-off in tax returns in the first half of filing season, according to a new report.

Investors are increasingly relying on nonfinancial performance information, including disclosures by companies about their environmental, social and governance practices, to make their investing decisions, according to a new survey by Ernst & Young.

The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday it would offer toll-free telephone service for taxpayers on the last two Saturdays of tax season.

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen testified at a Senate hearing Thursday about tax season, a day after a group of House Republicans wrote to President Trump asking him to fire Koskinen.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., have introduced legislation to discourage the use of corporate tax havens.

Class-action securities lawsuit filings alleging accounting wrongdoing rose 33 percent to 93 last year, the highest level since 2008 and the fourth consecutive annual increase, according to a new report, while settlement values for accounting-related cases reached their highest level of the past nine years.

Internal audit departments are increasingly relying on data analytics technology and hiring more people who have sophisticated data analysis skills, according to a new survey.

Warren Averett Asset Management and Kinsight have combined to form the biggest fee-only financial planning and investment advisor firm in Alabama, with total assets under management over $2.2 billion.

Private sector employers added an estimated 263,000 jobs last month, according to payroll giant ADP, in a healthy sign of a growing economy despite rising interest rates.

Internal Revenue Service criminal investigators mainly pursued law-abiding citizens and businesses when seizing assets in civil forfeiture cases because they were easier to go after, according to a new government report.

The Internal Revenue Service is relaunching the much criticized private debt collection program this month after Congress required it to do so as part of legislation passed at the end of 2015.

Payroll giant Paychex reported a slight dip in small business hiring last month, while the pace of employment growth stayed relatively unchanged compared to last year.

Virginia accounting firm Eubanks & Company has joined Rose Financial Services, a Rockville, Md.-based firm that focuses on finance and accounting outsourcing services.

BDO USA has added Hilton Consulting, a Virginia-based consulting firm that helps federal government agencies improve their financial and operational performance.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Financial Reporting Executive Committee has issued 11 new working drafts to help four different industries deal with the upcoming revenue recognition accounting standard.

The financial information company Sageworks has released The Definitive Guide to Improving Cash Flow, a free e-book for accountants to help their business clients with liquidity.

The Internal Revenue Service overpaid more than 600 employees approximately $4.2 million and underpaid over 900 employees an estimated $2.7 million because of incorrect calculations of manager salaries, according to a new report.

Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, have introduced bipartisan legislation that would prevent businesses from deducting the money they pay to government agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle allegations of company wrongdoing.