Practice management

The Internal Revenue Service is changing the process for requesting documents from tax-exempt groups.

The Internal Revenue Service is extending the due dates for some information reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act.

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for information on bitcoin users from Coinbase, one of the largest bitcoin exchanges in the U.S., as part of its efforts to uncover possible tax evasion.

Many times I have provided services that I believed had significant value to the client, but the client complained about the fee. His value centered on how little he would have to pay for it. This is always upsetting, but this poignantly came into focus a few weeks ago.

Get ready for more buybacks. Companies in the S&P 500 Index will spend most of their sizable cash hoard buying back stock next year, analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. write in a new note.

The American Institute of CPAs has written a letter to Congress suggesting legislative changes in the new partnership audit regime ushered in by last year’s bipartisan budget deal.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to provide better security when transmitting taxpayers’ personal information to outside government agencies, banks and contractors, according to a new report.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council has released its annual report for 2016, with recommendations on a wide range of tax administration issues.

The IRS has released another in its series of reminders to ensure “smooth processing” of 2016 returns and avoiding delay in refunds.

Some Internal Revenue Service employees didn’t do enough to protect sensitive taxpayer information when they were sending emails, according to a new report.

With Thanksgiving approaching, we’re reminded of the goodness of giving to help the less fortunate by food banks, clothes for the needy, and many other worthy charitable organizations.

The Internal Revenue Service has launched the second year of its public awareness campaign aimed at improving taxpayer security in partnership with tax software companies, tax preparation chains and state tax authorities.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility has created a new online lookup table that allows the public to find out more easily if they have hired a rogue tax practitioner.

Outside the world of accounting, cost segregation is not a terribly well-known concept.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Venturing into the unknown is intimidating at first if you’re just getting started with value-based pricing in your accounting practice, but it gets easier over time.

The IRS has released a number of draft tax forms and instructions for the 2016 tax year on its website, including Form 1040 and its related schedules.

When I started writing these columns three years ago, I felt I could do about 25 or 30 short articles with autobiographical reminiscences colleagues might benefit from. I also wanted to give insights to students and people entering the profession about what accountants in public practice do and how they interact with clients. This column completes three full years: 156 weekly columns. And the ideas keep flowing, so I really feel good about what I am doing, and I hope they help you.

For wealthy Americans, the outcome of the 2016 election could be lucrative.