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Reznick Capital Markets Securities has officially changed its name to CohnReznick Capital Markets Securities and is now an affiliated company of the accounting, tax and advisory firm CohnReznick.

Imagine a visionary entrepreneur like Richard Branson deciding to deliver unbelievable experiences for small businesses in the client accounting services space. Would it change the way you approach your practice?

NetJets Inc., the private-plane company owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., defeated a U.S. Internal Revenue Service effort to collect more than $366 million in taxes and penalties the agency said were past due.

Yahoo! Inc. announced a tax-free spinoff of its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., seeking to maximize the return of cash to shareholders and triggering a 10 percent jump in the Web portal’s shares.

President Barack Obama is dropping his proposal to tax the earnings on college savings accounts, responding to criticism of an idea the White House announced 10 days ago.

More than 200 CPAs from across the Peach State are meeting state lawmakers on Thursday for the 2015 CPA Day at the Gold Dome, Georgia’s state capitol building in Atlanta.

A common mistake among retailers is selling based on price rather than on value, a retail industry consultant wrote recently. When retailers focus on price, it results in customers “cherry-picking the best item while avoiding the profit-filled add-ons,” said The Retail Doctor founder Bob Phibbs. “It’s like they go to the bargain matinee but never visit the concession stand.”

Students from Purdue University North Central (PNC) tax and accounting classes are offering free assistance to the public over the next two months in preparing federal and state income tax returns. The program is designed to provide basic income tax return preparation to individuals with low to moderate incomes, individuals with disabilities, and the elderly.

Cloud-based construction software provider Procore Technologies is now integrated with Sage 300 Construction & Real Estate.

The Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants recently surveyed its CPA members in public accounting on the most outrageous tax deductions clients tried to take on their tax returns. Their responses included everything from pets and weddings to cars impounded by the police.