Practice management

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy announced that CPAverify.org, its national registry of CPAs, has now integrated data from its 50th state board.

When it comes to social media communications, it’s not why or when…it’s how and where.

As the pace of serious discussions on tax reform picks up, it is evident that small businesses and global multinationals are making their voices heard, while the middle market is getting lost in the shuffle.

Taxpayers are waiting on long lines in front of the Internal Revenue Service’s Taxpayer Assistance Centers for routine services this tax season, as the IRS’s budget crunch even limits the number of printed tax forms the agency can distribute.

Victims of identity theft are continuing to experience long delays and errors in receiving their tax refunds, according to a new report.

The chief operating officer of an insurance and tax preparation business pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to prepare false tax returns for clients.

The consumer finance site WalletHub has created a ranking of the best and worst states to be a taxpayer.

One out of three small businesses reported spending more than 80 hours per year and more than one-quarter spend over $10,000 annually on complying with their federal tax obligations, according to a new survey by the National Small Business Association.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to take further steps to discourage taxpayers from exceeding the limits on contributions to individual retirement accounts within a single year.

If you’re scared of an audit by the IRS, there’s less to fear these days. New data show that budget cuts at the IRS mean the agency is investigating fewer wealthy taxpayers.

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

The importance of implementing a formal three-year strategic plan is often lost in the moment of operational management.

The Internal Revenue Service is seeing some success in its fight against identity theft and tax fraud despite successive rounds of budget cuts.

Not all attorney disbarments make news. But when the attorney being disbarred was an employee at the IRS who dealt with ethical issues, it becomes noteworthy.

Tax pros share their clients’ worst ideas about taxes

Effective asset protection requires the strategic use of several legal components.

California and Colorado taxpayers had a higher chance of an IRS audit than taxpayers in any other states, according to a new study, while New York and Massachusetts had the highest chance of an audit of their 2013 state tax return.

The Internal Revenue Service opened 19 percent fewer criminal investigations in fiscal 2014 than in the previous year, reflecting a decrease in budget and staffing, according to the agency.

One time I was reviewing a time run and noticed a certain staff tax person, Elliot, kept appearing on clients he wasn’t assigned to and I wondered why.

Frustrated taxpayers are encountering ever longer wait times on phones when seeking assistance from the Internal Revenue Service as tax season draws to a close, according to the head of the union representing IRS employees.