Michael Cohn

Accounting organization leaders are meeting at the World Congress of Accountants in Rome this week to discuss issues such as the future of accounting, problems with government accounting and outsourced workforces, and the state of accounting research.

Small businesses overwhelmingly support extension of the expired tax breaks known as tax extenders during Congress’s “lame duck” session, according to a new survey by the National Small Business Association.

A tax preparer in the Bronx, N.Y. has pleaded guilty to operating a $4.8 million Ponzi scheme and faces up to 11 years in prison.

The global tax services firm Ryan has signed an agreement to acquire another large tax services firm, WTP Advisors.

An Internal Revenue Service employee was arrested last week after knocking a woman unconscious at a Pittsburgh Steelers game and then trying to bribe several police officers to cover up the incident.

A former Internal Revenue Service agent in Houston who was fired for carrying a ritual dagger as an article of her Sikh religious faith has won a settlement with the federal government allowing her to bring it into federal buildings.

Wolters Kluwer CCH has released a new tax briefing document analyzing the federal tax legislation outlook along with strategies that taxpayers and businesses should consider for reducing their income taxes.

Two top officials with the International Accounting Standards Board and its parent organization, the IFRS Foundation, gave speeches this week in which they expressed the hope that the Securities and Exchange Commission will ultimately sanction the use of International Financial Reporting Standards by U.S. companies.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance clarifying the impact that a 2014 rollover of an individual retirement arrangement has on the one-per-year limit imposed by the Tax Code on tax-free rollovers between IRAs.

Private sector employment increased by 230,000 jobs from September to October, according to payroll giant ADP.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to increase the number of business tax returns and information returns that are filed electronically, recommends a new government report.

Sageworks has struck a marketing partnership with the American Institute of CPAs, which will offer members of the AICPA’s Forensic & Valuation Services Section a discount on Sageworks Valuation Solution.

Ernst & Young has published the latest annual edition of its tax guide, the EY Tax Guide 2015.

A strong, positive culture is essential for achieving successful innovation and increased revenue, according to a new survey by the accounting firm Plante Moran.

The Center for Audit Quality and the American Accounting Association have issued a request for proposals for a joint program to facilitate the ability of accounting and auditing academics to get access to audit firm personnel to participate in their research projects.

The American Institute of CPAs said Monday that it is working to secure a new .cpa domain extension on the Internet that could be used by CPAs as “a globally recognized calling card for CPAs in the digital world.”

CPAs are expanding the range of specialties and advisory services they are offering clients, according to Carl Peterson, vice president of small firm interests at the American Institute of CPAs.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice warning that some employer-sponsored health plans will need to provide better coverage for in-patient hospitalization services to qualify as minimum coverage.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants has released a new paper proposing to restructure the code of ethics for accountants.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation unit needs to improve its search and seizure warrant process to ensure that the evidence it seizes is properly secured and controlled, according to a new government report.