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The American Institute of CPAs is asking Congress, the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department for more guidance on the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, along with a dedicated service unit for tax practitioners. The AICPA sent letters this week to Republican and Democratic leaders of the Houses and Senate Appropriations Committees, along […]
Michael F. Maloney, the chief accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, is leaving the SEC in February. Maloney has led the enforcement division’s Office of Chief Accountant for four years, since February 2014. During his tenure, the SEC has initiated proceedings against firms such as BDO USA, Grant Thornton, Ernst Young […]
Reform and expats; RD to OSs; a new blog aboard; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers. Foreign intrigue Taxable Talk (http://www.taxabletalk.com): With the United States v. Hom decision, we must again file an FBAR for foreign online gambling sites. One must also possibly consider filing an FBAR for $10,000 or more in a […]
The Internal Revenue Service began the 2018 tax filing season Monday as the agency plans to receive more than 155 million tax returns this year. The IRS will also need to deal with providing guidance on the new tax law that Congress passed last month, though most of the provisions won’t be operable for the […]
The Institute of Management Accountants has reached a milestone of 100,000 members for the first time in the IMA’s near century of operation. The timing coincides with the IMA’s upcoming 100-year anniversary celebration, which begins in June at IMA’s Annual Conference and Expo in Indianapolis and concludes at its conference in San Diego in 2019. […]
More than half of taxpayers in the U.S. find the tax filing process stressful and 39 percent are using online tax filing software, according to a new survey. The survey, by the tax prep software provider TaxSlayer, found that 52 percent of taxpayers agree the filing process is stressful. When asked to name the most […]
Deloitte has partnered with visual analytics company Tableau to provide a data analytics and visualization offering for tax departments. Called Taxalytics, the product combines tax technical knowledge, analytics strategy, visualization, top-flight analytics tools, data management, integration and services in one solution. Taxalytics is aimed at supporting the tax function as a strategic advisory tool for […]
Aprio LLP, a Top 100 CPA-led business advisory firm, has acquired RRB Business Services LLC, an Atlanta-based CPA and consulting firm. RRB provides accounting, tax planning and tax preparation, financial and estate planning, and advisory services. It has been in business for 30 years and services privately owned companies, nonprofit organizations, high net worth individuals […]
CBIZ collects over 1M lbs. of food for annual food drive CBIZ announced this week that the firm’s ninth annual Food Drive netted over 1.14 million pounds of donated items last December. The “Kickoff 2017: Tackle Hunger” theme marks the third consecutive year that the firm has collected more than one million pounds of donations, […]
Maillie LLP is adding Rowland, Johnson and Company, a CPA firm based in New Castle, Del. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Maillie has annual revenues of approximately $20 million. The merger will add 15 people to Maillie, bringing its total employee count to 120. The combined firm will have 13 partners. Maillie […]
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