Practice management

W. Michael Hsu and accounting with attitude.

A roundup of recent M&A announcements from around the profession.

Affordable Care Act considerations for year-end planning.

A roundup of recent tax news.

Businesses need help fixing agency mistakes.

The CPA Consultants' Alliance has launched a new survey to collect information on succession planning in order to determine how partners in CPA firms view their firm’s ability to address the succession of their partners as they approach retirement.

The Internal Revenue Service is providing more time to farmers and ranchers in 30 drought-stricken states to defer taxes on any gains from forced sales of livestock.

The Internal Revenue Service has decided not to appeal a district court case which ruled that the agency doesn’t have the authority to regulate return preparers’ contingent fee arrangements for refund claims.

The Internal Revenue Service’s collection efforts need to be improved to make sure that delinquent taxpayers residing in foreign countries comply with their U.S. tax obligations, according to a new government report.

The Internal Revenue Service could be missing out on some opportunities to collect delinquent taxes because it is not always completely researching cases before closing them as uncollectible, according to a new government report.

In October the IRS will send warning letters to preparers who appear not to be complying with due-diligence requirements for the Earned Income Tax Credit.

The European Union will step up its probe of Apple Inc.’s tax arrangements in Ireland, revealing why it suspects the iPhone maker received an unfair advantage.

You’ve left unanswered voicemails and sent a dozen ignored e-mails. On those blue-moon occasions when they actually keep appointments, you walked these clients through returns line after line, time after time.

Tips to help professionals stand out (in a good way)

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The Tax Court recently upheld a ruling that patent holders must give up control of a transferred patent to treat royalty income from it as capital gains.

One time I received a call with a referral from another professional that was an adversary in a contentious deal on which I represented a client. I thanked him but expressed surprise since we seemed to always be at each other’s throats.

The Affordable Care Act and how it will affect the upcoming tax season seems to be clearer, according to Chuck McCabe.

The IRS could improve the way it picks problematic paid preparers for further enforcement actions, according to a recent report.

The federal government has filed eight civil injunction suits in Florida to shutter 192 “Loan Buy Sell Tax Services” Tax Services locations.