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Ten Internal Revenue Service employees in Kansas City were sickened after coming into contact with a suspicious package, according to Kansas City Department spokesman James Garrett, speaking to local reporters. Ambulances arrived on the scene in downtown Kansas City after the employees, who came into contact with the package in the mailroom, complained of symptoms […]
Clients do the cutest things. Often the dumbest, too, and the smartest, most unpredictable and most damaging to their own tax situation. Confronted with puzzling tax situations, preparers are often left with questions they feel they just can’t ask. “‘Why are you married to that deadbeat? What were you thinking when you decided to do […]
The AICPA has announced that Lindsay Stevenson, vice president of Finance Tax at 1st Financial Bank USA, has received the 2017 AICPA Outstanding Young CPA Award in Honor of Maximo Mukelabai. The award was presented to Stevenson at the seventh annual EDGE Conference in New Orleans on Thursday. The award looks to recognize professionals who […]
Dave Kautter, partner-in-charge of the Washington National Tax practice of Top 5 Firm RSM US, has been confirmed as assistant secretary for tax policy at the U.S. Treasury. President Donald Trump had put Kautter’s name forward on May 10 (see “Trump nominates David Kautter of RSM”). His nomination was advanced from the Senate Finance Committee […]
Improvements to QuickBooks Online, a new marketing blog, new certificate programs, and more new tools for accountants. DO AS THEY SAY CPA Growth Trends blog Association for Accounting Marketing www.cpagrowthtrends.com If your marketing director has ever asked you to create content for the firm blog, and you muttered under your breath, “Why don’t you write […]
The International Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation unit is readying two new programs focusing on data investigations and international tax enforcement. The data initiative will tie together the information uncovered by the IRS’s field offices around the country with headquarters in Washington, D.C. “We are standing up a nationally coordinated data investigations unit,” said IRS Criminal […]
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has imposed a $1 million civil penalty against PricewaterhouseCoopers and censured the firm for its audits of Merrill Lynch. The PCAOB accused Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Smith of violating the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Customer Protection Rule in fiscal year 2014 and faulted PwC for its examination and audit […]
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services topped the list of most profitable industries over the past 12 months, according to the financial information company Sageworks. The ranking was based on pre-tax profit margins for privately held companies. This past year, accounting-related services (including accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll service companies) held the highest […]
The Internal Revenue Service could be foregoing billions of dollars in potential taxes because tens of thousands of employers are underreporting the amount of their workers’ wages and withholding taxes, according to a new report. The report, from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, examined the IRS’s Combined Annual Wage Reporting Program, which compares […]
Every business owner knows that a social media strategy is necessary to remain relevant in today’s digital world. However, not everyone knows how to effectively use social media to listen to your clients and manage your firm’s reputation. When it comes to your social presence, it’s important that you involve your whole firm. It’s become […]
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