Michael Cohn

The governing council of the American Institute of CPAs voted at its Fall Meeting of Council in Maui, Hawaii on Wednesday to approve a resolution authorizing an additional pathway to the Charted Global Management Accountant designation in the U.S., and officially elected Tim Christen of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP as its new chairman.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service proposed tax regulations Wednesday to bring the rules in line with recent Supreme Court decisions.

The Internal Revenue Service released its annual update Wednesday on the cost of living adjustments for pension plans and retirement plans for next year, along with the amounts of standard deductions and other tax benefits.

ADP reported a pickup in wage growth for the private sector during the third quarter of the year, especially among younger workers switching jobs.

The impact of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting action plan is still unclear, but tax executives are planning ahead for changes on the international tax front.

Whitinger & Company LLC has signed an agreement to merge in Merrill Greene, CPA’s firm, Greene Inc., effective Nov. 1, 2015.

Internal auditors with advanced levels of education, training and certification are seeing bigger salaries, according to a new survey.

The Internal Revenue Service met with a group of state tax administrators and tax industry leaders Tuesday to discuss additional steps they are taking for next tax season to strengthen safeguards against identity theft and tax refund fraud.

The Anti-Fraud Collaboration introduced a free set of online self-study courses Tuesday for corporate ethics training that can provide continuing professional education credit.

Deloitte’s Canadian firm has signed an agreement to acquire Asset Performance Group, a consulting firm in Burlington, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta that specializes in making sure physical assets such as oil and gas equipment function reliably.

The Internal Revenue Service has recently updated its Entertainment Audit Technique Guide to help tax professionals when reporting various items related to the entertainment industry.

Sageworks plans to add an Electronic Tax Return Reader as an enhancement to its ProfitCents and Valuation software.

PitBullTax Software has released version 3.0 of its tax resolution software for tax professionals.

Presidential candidate Donald Trump tweeted a pair of photos Thursday of him signing a humongous tax return in time to meet the October 15 deadline for tax extensions.

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday it has collected more than $8 billion from its Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Programs as more than 54,000 taxpayers have come forward to tell the IRS about previously hidden foreign assets.

The year 2017 is expected to be the time when Congress will finally enact tax reform, according to a new poll.

Thomson Reuters has released two tax research products to help multinational companies deal with the proposed changes in global tax regulation envisioned in the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Action Plan.

Republican presidential candidates John Kasich and Rick Santorum have released their tax reform plans.

The International Federation of Accountants expressed support for a United Nations agreement on climate change as the U.N. works to reduce carbon emissions.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration issued a warning Thursday as millions of taxpayers raced to meet the October 15 deadline for tax extensions that although it is making some progress in its investigation of a phone fraud scam perpetrated by individuals misrepresenting themselves as Internal Revenue Service employees, taxpayers should continue to beware of these fraudulent phone calls.