Practice management

The H&R Block blog offers several tips for tax preparers to help clients recover from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy.

The IRS e-Services suite of services, including the transcript delivery system, the e-file application, the disclosure authorization and TIN matching will be unavailable from Saturday, November 3, at 9 p.m. Eastern, until Monday, November 5, at 6 a.m. for maintenance.

The Internal Revenue Service has made progress in automating installation and monitoring in a large segment of its computers, but it hasn't yet implemented key patch management policies and procedures, according to a new report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

Accounting Today's updated round-up of Hurricane Sandy news, as its aftermath continues to impact the profession. For more updates, follow the #Sandy hashtag on our Twitter accounts @AccountingToday, @TaxProToday and @ATomorrow.

In 2005, the Internal Revenue Service finalized substantial revisions to Circular 230 governing the rules for practice before the IRS. The revisions were in response to what was believed by the IRS to be improper practices in the preparation of tax opinions in support of tax-sheltering transactions. The IRS believed that tax practitioners were relying in their opinions on statements and representations from the tax shelter promoters that they knew or had reason to believe were not accurate.

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The IRS is granting taxpayers and tax preparers affected by Hurricane Sandy until November 7 to file returns and accompanying payments.

Marketing season is well underway for preparers readying for Tax Season 2013, and a recent discussion on the LinkedIn Tax Business Owners of America group revealed several pointers for preparers.

A new study by tax prep software provider Drake Software reveals that tax preparers have taken to certain avenues of social media such as Facebook and LinkedIn, but that most still have these communication and network tools on the to-do list.

Many tax practitioners focus on improving their efficiency during tax season, but there are plenty of things they can do in advance to ensure success from January to April, according to 2020 Group chairman and CEO Chris Frederiksen.

After New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a “state disaster emergency” for all of the state, Commissioner Thomas Mattox of the Department of Taxation and Finance announced the postponement of certain tax filing and payment deadlines for those directly affected by Hurricane Sandy.