Practice management

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, has come under increasing pressure to pass a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut.

The Internal Revenue Service has published a revised tax guide to help taxpayers get the most out of various tax breaks.

House Republicans blocked the Senate’s two-month extension of the payroll tax cut and emergency unemployment benefits on Tuesday, setting up a confrontation between the two chambers.

The American Institute of CPAs has introduced a set of Interactive Tax Checklists to help practitioners prepare clients’ returns.

Document management software provider Doc.It is now offering the Doc.It .Net Client Portal, which allows firms and their clients to securely send and receive documents and files of any size.

Ninety-two percent of financial professionals believe that businesses will either maintain their current employee headcount or increase their employee count in 2012, according to a survey of U.S. accounting firms.

Paid tax return preparers will need to file a due diligence checklist with all claims for the Earned Income Tax Credit starting January 1, the Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday.

The Internal Revenue Service saved about $14.19 million by not mailing out tax form packages this year, but the elimination of the mailings increased the burden on approximately 6 million taxpayers who needed to obtain the forms themselves, according to a new government report.

IMGCAP(1)]Recently one night I was struggling feverishly with my 7th grader’s science assignment on paleobotany.

The Internal Revenue Service has approved the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and NASBA’s National Registry of CPE Sponsors as the first organizations to receive qualified accrediting status to provide continuing education as part of the IRS’s Registered Tax Return Preparer program.

The Internal Revenue Service has made several important changes to its determination letter program for employee retirement plans.

The Senate has passed a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, but House Republican leaders and some Democrats balked at the short-term extension.

The Internal Revenue Service has published a Candidate Information Bulletin to help those preparing to take the Registered Tax Return Preparer Test know what to expect on test day.

The Internal Revenue Service has given tax-exempt organizations with January and February filing due dates a temporary reprieve until March 30, 2012 to file their annual returns.

Congressional leaders in both parties signaled they were working on a deal to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for at least two months, while also agreeing on a spending bill that would avert a government shutdown.

Just when you think you know all you need to know about FBAR (Foreign Bank Account Reporting), a product of the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, the impending FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) requirements loom.

The Internal Revenue Service reminded tax preparers to renew their Preparer Tax Identification Numbers before they expire at the end of the year.

IMGCAP(1)]As the SEC’s limited liability provisions on Extensible Business Reporting Language data begin to expire, public companies find themselves looking for answers about how current and future legislation will affect their filings.

A new survey finds that 77 percent of business owners say they started their companies to provide for their families, yet less than half of them feel confident with their current financial situation.

The International Federation of Accountants’ Small and Medium Practices Committee has released a new edition of its Guide to Practice Management for Small- and Medium-Sized Practices, with guidance on new topics, including cloud computing.