Michael Cohn

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.

The married owners of a Louisiana tax preparation business are facing dozens of felony charges for a fraud scheme that cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued a report Thursday warning about significant deficiencies it is seeing in auditing firms’ assessment of risks in their clients.

Santos, Postal & Company is merging in Hildebrand, Limparis & Associates, adding an office in Frederick, Md., to the firm’s existing office in Rockville, Md.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a set of proposed changes in the administrative appeals process for cases docketed in the U.S. Tax Court.

The Social Security Administration confirmed Thursday there will not be a cost of living increase for 2016 due to declines in consumer prices.