Taxes
IRS Tax Forum Seminars Available for CPE Credit
Tax professionals can earn continuing professional education (CPE) credits online through seminars the agency filmed at its 2013 Nationwide Tax Forums
IRS Warns Taxpayers About Scam
A sophisticated phone scam is sweeping the country, using fear of the Internal Revenue Service to target recent immigrants and others, IRS officials warn.
2013 Review of Intuit Tax Research for Lacerte and ProSeries – Expanded Review
From the Dec. 2013 issue. Intuit Tax Research for Lacerte and ProSeries directly integrates with both tax preparation software packages. The tax research product is web-based, but is easily launched from the two tax programs, and tax research documents can be attached to a client’s file in the tax programs with one click. The program […]
Annette Nellen Honored by AICPA
Recognized as recipient of the 2013 Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award, the highest honor bestowed by the accounting profession in the area of taxation.
Report Recommends IRS Improve Paper Audit Automation
The IRS designed its Correspondence Imaging System (CIS) to automate the scanning of taxpayer correspondence. The Image Control Team units in IRS submission processing sites scanned more than 8.1 million pieces of paper correspondence into the CIS during Fiscal Year 2012.
Nurses Aides Guilty of Stealing Health Records, Filing Fake Tax Returns
Two former Sentara Healthcare employees pleaded guilty this month to accessing patients' electronic health records inappropriately in a scheme to file fraudulent tax returns.
A Year After Sandy, Most NYC Businesses Not Ready for Another Storm
Survey by Anchin, Block & Anchin suggests business owners lack financial planning and/or resources to handle another natural disaster.
Grant Thornton Offers Year-End Tax Planning Tips
The dawn of 2013 brought the biggest tax changes in more than a decade and this dramatic reshaping of the tax code will change tax planning according to Grant Thornton LLP.