Michael Cohn

The Internal Revenue Service needs to improve its detection of business identity theft, according to a new government report.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US and Marcum LLP have released a pair of year-end tax-planning guides.

BDO Canada LLP has merged in Majewski Shaler & Co., a Vancouver-based accounting practice.

Seven former Internal Revenue Service commissioners dating back to the Kennedy administration have written a joint letter to the leaders of Congress’s appropriations committees urging them to reconsider proposed cuts in the budget for the agency they once ran.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has released a report on its 2014 inspection of KPMG LLP, finding deficiencies in 28 of the 52 audits it reviewed.

It’s never too late in the year for you and your clients to get ready for next tax season.

For the fourth year in a row, the whistleblower awards that the Internal Revenue Service pays to tipsters will be reduced.

The International Organization of Securities Commissions is encouraging audit firms to be more transparent to investors about their practices by producing a new kind of report.

Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., has introduced two pieces of legislation to combat corporate tax inversions and tax deferral.

BDO Canada LLP has acquired H&A Forensic Accounting, a Toronto-based professional forensic accounting and advisory firm.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting action plan is likely to have a major impact on tax planning at multinational corporations by both tax professionals and corporate treasurers.

A new Inspector General report faults the security of the computer connections at the Internal Revenue Service.

The economy added a surprisingly robust 271,000 jobs in October, including 3,400 jobs in accounting and bookkeeping services, sending the unemployment rate down one-tenth of a percent to 5.0 percent, the lowest rate in seven years.

A new study predicts the Securities and Exchange Commission’s final regulations on clawbacks of incentive based compensation for corporate executives could backfire and only encourage companies to avoid the kinds of financial restatements that might trigger a clawback.

The House passed a highway funding bill Thursday that includes a provision reviving the use of private debt collectors by the Internal Revenue Service.

Sage has revamped two of its accounting software products for small and midsize businesses, rolling out Sage 100c and Sage 300c.

Sales tax technology provider Avalara is integrating with EPiServer, an ecommerce and digital marketing software provider that has become a certified solution partner for Avalara.

Wolters Kluwer, CCH Small Firm Services has added new features and integration to the 2015 edition of its professional tax preparation software products, ATX and TaxWise.

Business confidence in the economy is at its lowest point around the world in four years, according to a new survey by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants.

The International Federation of Accountants has published a paper calling for more “integrated thinking” by accountants.