The Latest

Lyle Benson of L.K. Benson & Co., who chairs the AICPA's Personal Financial Planning Executive Committee, talks with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood about how accountants can help their clients with planning out their cash flow, expenses, taxes, asset allocation and investment strategy before and after they retire.

The evolution of technology has changed the way businesses operate. While this reality has at times led to a more competitive work environment for accountants, it also provides an opportunity for accountants to enhance their role as a trusted advisor and focus on helping their clients grow their business.

WithumSmith+Brown can always be counted on to release a fun video every year to coincide with their annual State of the Firm celebration, and this year the firm pulled out all the stops.

The Internal Revenue Service has made some changes to its forms this tax season and introduced some new ones as a result of the Affordable Care Act.

The Tax Court has held that a former special agent in the IRS Criminal Investigation division was liable for additional tax and penalties.

A pair of Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate have re-introduced legislation aimed at preventing the abuse of offshore tax havens by multinational companies.

The American Institute of CPAs has sent a letter recommending various tax reform priorities to the new chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

Jeffrey Baliban has joined Top 100 Firm Citrin Cooperman as partner. He will work in the firm’s New York City headquarters in the Valuation and Forensic Services group.

Top 100 Firm, CohnReznick LLP, signed a letter of intent to acquire the real estate consulting boutique NOI Strategies. The deal is expected to close Feb. 1, 2015.

The AICPA is set to release the results of the AICPA PFSi (Personal Financial Satisfaction Index), a new economic gauge that measures the personal financial standing of typical Americans, at 7:00 a.m. EST, Thursday, January 15.