Practice management

While an award program for IRS employees complies with federal regulations, some employees with tax and conduct issues received awards, according to a report released publicly by TIGTA.

Smaller budgets have hurt the Internal Revenue Service’s performance, according to a new government report.

Ah, tax season. We look forward to it all year! Or expect it all year, or dread it…let’s just say we are all aware of this annual event.

Many accounting firms go through ups and downs with their marketing and business development efforts.

The IRS has some advice for taxpayers who may have missed the April 15 tax filing deadline.

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

As the number of large partnerships involving 100 or more direct partners continues to grow, the Internal Revenue Service is taking a closer look at them, according to a new government report.

Jim Metzler, former AICPA vice president of small firm interests, and founder of Metzler Advisory Group, talks about how the CPA profession is changing, in an interview with Accounting Today managing editor Tamika Cody.

I started my third job one year and seven months after I graduated college. I was hired as a “junior” but felt I was more experienced since I was doing “higher level” work at my previous job.

The Internal Revenue Service has arranged to pay Microsoft extra money to continue to support its old Windows XP computers beyond the cutoff date that Microsoft has imposed for supporting the old operating system.

The Internal Revenue Service is anticipating the chances of a tax return being audited to be the lowest in years.

The accounting and advisory firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause has introduced an interactive online mapping tool that helps users determine if a business or development project may qualify under various criteria for the New Markets Tax Credit or Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program.

Almost three quarters (72 percent) of small-business owners have changed their CPA or accounting firm at least in part because the firm only gave them “reactive service,” instead of proactive advice, according to a new survey.

The RNC has filed a lawsuit against the IRS for withholding records sought by a 2013 Freedom of Information Act request.

Despite the late start to tax season, the Internal Revenue Service generally kept pace with last year, according to a government report.

For taxpayers who owe taxes with their tax returns, the IRS has provided ten tips about how to pay.

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

A pair of senators have called on the Social Security Administration to end the policy of seizing taxpayers’ refunds to hold them accountable for decades-old errors made by the agency that led to the overpayment of benefits, and the agency has agreed to do so.

Accountants who meet with business clients to deliver tax returns during busy season are understandably pressed for time and attention. These brief meetings, however, are an important part of developing and cementing your role as a trusted advisor, and they can pave the way for cross-selling additional services to existing clients.

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing last week to discuss the perennial issue of the tax extenders, the temporary tax provisions that expire year after year and are usually renewed.