Michael Cohn

A federal judge in New York has refused to dismiss a $1 billion lawsuit against PricewaterhouseCoopers over its audits of the bankrupt investment firm MF Global.

Wipfli LLP has merged in the health care consulting firm HFS Consultants, including HFS’s marketing division, the Placemaking Group, effective August 1.

The Internal Revenue Service is making some important changes in the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number program that will require many ITIN holders to renew their numbers under a law passed by Congress last December.

BDO USA LLP has added Goldstein Schechter Koch, expanding the firm’s presence in South Florida in the latest of a string of mergers across the country.

It's not exactly as addictive as the first season of NPR's "Serial," but that's OK. Sageworks has premiered a three-part podcast series on how to grow an accounting firm.

Internal Revenue Service employees pushed too hard to impose levies on elderly people’s Social Security benefits, leading to economic hardship for some low-income people with tax debts, according to a new report.

Frank Abagnale, the con man portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in Steven Spielberg’s 2002 hit movie, “Catch Me If You Can,” has a message for accountants and their clients about the dangers of using free public Wi-Fi hotspots: Don’t get conned.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have issued proposed regulations that would eliminate a tax-planning strategy for minimizing estate and gift taxes.

SingerLewak LLP has expanded into the Inland Empire area of California by merging in Ahern Adcock Devlin LLP, an accounting, tax and consulting firm based in Riverside.

Private sector employers added 179,000 more jobs to their payrolls in July, according to payroll giant ADP, in another sign of a steadily strengthening economy despite recent indications of tepid growth.

The mobile game Pokémon Go has been grabbing the attention of young people ever since it was introduced last month, bringing together gamers in search of Pokémon characters, but could it also entice young employees and clients to the accounting firms that desperately need them?

The Internal Revenue Service has proposed new regulations that could change the rules for reporting qualified tuition and related expenses for students.

The Internal Revenue Service is seeing a big increase this summer in automated phone calls from con artists pretending to work for the IRS calling innocent taxpayers demanding overdue taxes.

Lipschultz, Levin & Gray LLC has added Richard E. Winer P.C., bolstering the firm’s presence in the Chicago area.

WithumSmith+Brown has expanded its presence in New Jersey, adding McGuigan Tombs & Company, a $3 million-plus CPA firm.

The pace of small business job growth slackened slightly in July, according to the latest figures from payroll giant Paychex, although wages were up.

Singer and rapper Iggy Azalea is reportedly facing a second tax lien from the Internal Revenue Service for $269,980.20 in unpaid federal income taxes from 2015.

Deloitte has some tips to help companies deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s guidance on the use of non-GAAP measures.

Citrin Cooperman has entered the Boston region by merging in Kirkland Albrecht & Fredrickson on Monday.

CliftonLarsonAllen added two more firms Monday: CPWR LLP CPA in Dallas and Bray & Company CPA LLC in Milwaukee.