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Forensic accountants must perform their services with the utmost professionalism, whether they have been hired by a trustee to assist in the preservation of the remaining assets of a bankruptcy estate, or by a receiver to investigate potential financial malfeasance on behalf of a debtor company.

The Internal Revenue Service is taking steps to discourage tax preparers and other taxpayer representatives from dropping off completed tax returns at its local Taxpayer Assistance Centers instead of mailing or electronically filing them.

Boomer Consulting and Engineered Tax Services have teamed up to introduce The Specialty Tax Circle to help firms improve their growth and profitability by leveraging specialty tax services.

A Silicon Valley-based CPA is warning taxpayers and their accountants to begin planning for the tax increases that are set to take effect next year unless the current tax rates are extended by Congress and President Obama.

A new marketing blog, marketingideasforcpas.com, has been launched, offering strategies, tips and ideas for CPAs and accounting firms to effectively market their services.

The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 may be the last piece of tax legislation we’ll see this year.

Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has released an updated set of proposals for cutting taxes.

Tax refunds amounting to over $1 billion are awaiting an estimated 1 million people who still have not filed a federal income tax return for 2008.

The Internal Revenue Service released a revised Form 941 on Thursday to allow employers to properly report the newly extended payroll tax cut, which has now been extended through the end of the year.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided in a 6-3 opinion that a married pair of Japanese immigrants could be deported from the U.S. because of tax felony convictions.

President Obama has signed into law an extension through the end of the year of the payroll tax cut, unemployment benefits, and the so-called “doc fix” to prevent Medicare physician reimbursement rates from plunging.

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A tax attorney is warning taxpayers with severe disabilities and their preparers to be careful with how they report lump sum Social Security disability payments on their income tax returns this season.

President Barack Obama launched a dialogue with corporate America on Wednesday over business tax reform, offering his first clear plan to cut the corporate tax rate, with little prospect of it becoming law in an election year.

The Obama administration unveiled a set of proposals for business tax reform on Wednesday aimed at lowering the corporate tax rate to 28 percent from a high of 35 percent, while eliminating dozens of tax loopholes and subsidies.

What is the meaning of art? The IRS may have the answer.

Bisk Education has been approved as a continuing education provider by the Internal Revenue Service as part of the IRS’s drive to require tax preparers to undergo mandatory continuing education.

The Internal Revenue Service has finalized its regulations on paying rewards to whistleblowers for up to 30 percent of the proceeds collected for helping the IRS detect underpayments and violations of the tax laws.

A nonprofit group representing the interests of U.S. citizens living overseas met with congressional staffers to push for a residence-based taxation system.

The Internal Revenue Service has been having more problems with delayed tax refunds.