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Thomson Reuters, a provider of finance, accounting and other business intelligence software, has announced the 2017 winners of its Customer Superstar Awards, which are given to practitioners and firms who demonstrate outstanding dedication and service in the tax and accounting profession. Award winners were selected by a panel of Thomson Reuters judges at the company’s […]
Bad call; anti-social behavior; wearing a Frownie; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Irvine, Calif.: CPA Antonia Rios, 52, has pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to interfere with the administration of the internal revenue laws, resulting from her obstruction of an investigation into millions of dollars in refunds claimed in returns prepared […]
As it has so often in the past, Congress is making the end of the year difficult for accountants and tax practitioners, dragging tax legislation out to the last minute with a maximum of confusion and a minimum of advanced warning. The simultaneous release on Thursday of the Senate’s proposals for tax reform and the […]
Time to exhale, sit back and think ahead to what you want 2018 to look like at your accounting firm. Now that the final deadline of the 2016 tax season has passed, accountants have a small window to look at their practices and plan for next year. This means not only reviewing systems and staff […]
The Internal Revenue Service’s Large Business and International division is launching 11 more compliance campaigns looking at various ways to ensure companies are meeting their tax obligations. The LBI division announced in January the rollout of its first 13 campaigns (see IRS rolls out new compliance campaigns for large businesses and international taxpayers). It’s continuing […]
The list of benefits and policies that make an accounting firm a workplace of choice may be long, but it’s hardly secret – which is why many of the Best Firms have created their own unique perks and programs. They range from the serious to the silly, but they’re all aimed at differentiating the firms […]
The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new standard on accounting for credit losses will require some major changes for banks, particularly smaller ones, as well as many companies that provide loans. The current expected credit loss, or CECL, standard requires them to measure all of their expected credit losses for financial assets held at the reporting […]
The tax reform bill introduced last week, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, includes a number of major provisions related to the taxation of companies’ foreign income and of foreign persons. The provisions include the exemption of foreign-source dividends from foreign corporations paid to 10 percent U.S. corporate shareholders, repeal of the tax on foreign […]
The next time you enter your office, pause for a moment and try to imagine how it would look to someone who’d never been there before. Is it inviting and attractive? The kind of place they would want to spend a career in? More and more firms are recognizing that being a Best Place to […]
Outgoing Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen foresees problems with tax reform if major provisions apply to the current tax year, and predicted that the agency would need more funding from Congress to implement the legislation if it passes. Koskinen is nearing the end of a four-year term next week, having survived attempts by some […]
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