Practice management

Amid the questions surrounding accounting firms on how to be more than they’ve traditionally been to meet both client demand and increasing competition, industry experts such as Doug Sleeter are lending an ear and offering advice.

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service has agreed with Sears to provide tax prep services in most Sears locations nationwide starting in January.

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged the chief financial officer of a Minnetonka-based computer networking device manufacturer with illegally diverting company funds to cover his own personal expenses and other employees’ non-business entertainment expenses.

A report by the Treasury General for Tax Administration has found that IRS revenue officers did not always involve taxpayers’ representatives appropriately in taxpayer interactions during the collection process.

Income acceleration techniques for 2012 year-end planning

There are basically two types of succession plans. one addresses the transfer of the practice at a time of the owner's choosing. The second addresses a transfer in the event of death or disability of the owner - a disaster.

In a recent conversation with Friedman managing partner Bruce Madnick, I gained insight into the company's successful China initiative, and their best practices of finding a strategy and growing a niche.

Clients will write testimonials if you ask -- and if you show them how to do it

Highlights in tax from the previous month

Estate planning strategies for confusing times

In any business, it is extremely difficult to sustain growth through a series of transactional sales activities.

In an election season where taxes spark debate among all political camps, much of the dialogue has been focused on corporate tax rates impacting U.S. businesses.

The U.S. Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service are working to head off identity theft aimed at stealing people’s tax refunds when the filing season begins in January, the government’s top tax prosecutor said.

The Internal Revenue Service is changing the procedures for the tax withholding program used by foreign entertainers and athletes who want to work in the U.S.

The Internal Revenue Service is reminding taxpayers (and their tax preparers) that the tax-filing and payment deadline runs out on Oct. 15.

The Internal Revenue Service has updated the per diem rates for taxpayers to use in 2012-2013 when substantiating the amount of ordinary and necessary business expenses incurred while traveling away from home.

For the eighth consecutive year, the Internal Revenue Service has chosen CCH to provide the agency with comprehensive sales tax rate and taxability tables that can be used by millions of taxpayers in preparing their returns.

The Internal Revenue Service is warning tax professionals that starting October 1, it will no longer accept paper-based applications to become electronic filing providers.

A new report from a Treasury watchdog revealed that federal agencies owe approximately $14 million in unpaid taxes.