Practice management

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney told an enthusiastic Republican National Convention that unlike his rival Barack Obama, he would not raise taxes on small businesses or the middle class.

Staff members at privately held companies are less likely to receive information from management about how the business is performing than employees at publicly traded companies, according to a new survey.

In my travels around the country, I hear many firms talk about being a “one-firm” firm.

The Internal Revenue Service took the wraps off its new Web site Thursday, with new navigation and language features.

The American Institute of CPAs has written a letter to Internal Revenue Service Commission Doug Shulman saying that new interim about how taxpayers must apply for Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers for 2011 returns are burdensome and may prevent some taxpayers from getting the documentation they need to qualify for an ITIN.

The experience for new employees at the Internal Revenue Service is not always positive, even though the IRS has taken steps to improve the onboarding process, according to a new report.

If Shakespeare ever had a great Twitter writing tip, it would have to be, “Brevity is the soul of wit.”

The Sports, Arts and Entertainment Group of St. Louis accounting and business consulting firm Anders Minkler & Diehl and Festus, Mo.-based Barnes Sports Group have officially merged after a year of working together as affiliated entities.

The IRS has completed its six-city swing through America, with forums staged in Orlando, Atlanta, San Diego, Las Vegas, Chicago and New York.

The owner of a Long Island tax preparation service was sentenced to serve one year and one day of imprisonment for preparing false federal tax returns for her clients.

The American Institute of CPAs has written to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Doug Shulman outlining its concerns with what it sees as a “widespread problem affecting numerous taxpayers”: erroneous letters from the IRS to taxpayers filing foreign trust forms.

The Internal Revenue Service has stepped up its efforts to investigate possible misconduct in the municipal bond sector, more than doubling the number of examinations it conducts per year.

The Senate Finance Committee has released the legislative text of the tax extenders bill, spelling out the reasons for extending certain tax breaks or for letting them expire, along with dissenting views from a trio of senators.

Republicans are pitching their tax overhaul plan on the appeal of lower rates and a simpler system—and figuring that voters won’t mind the lack of details about the potential pain.

The Internal Revenue Service reminded truckers and other owners of heavy highway vehicles on Tuesday that their next federal highway use tax return is due in most cases this coming Friday, Aug. 31, 2012.

Thomson Reuters has posted a new series of blog articles for users of its UltraTax CS software with advice on how they can take advantage of the software’s data mining features to help their clients navigate the possible tax law changes coming next year.

The Internal Revenue Service is making progress toward its goal of processing tax returns on a daily basis, according to a new report.

A Phoenix tax preparer has pleaded guilty to filing a tax return in which he falsely claimed expenses on behalf of a client.

As schools prepare to reconvene across the country, tax preparation chain Jackson Hewitt Tax Service is reminding taxpayers of a number of education-related tax credits and deductions.

Edward D. Warren has joined Smith Elliott Kearns & Co. LLC as director of marketing.