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The Internal Revenue Service has pilot-tested several high-definition videoconferencing options for taxpayers to talk with IRS employees face-to-face about their tax questions and problems, but the number of taxpayers who use the so-called Virtual Service Delivery technology has been declining for several years, according to a new report. The report, from the Treasury Inspector General […]
Grants from donor-advised funds to charities grew 19.9 percent to a record amount of $19.08 billion last year, with an increased payout rate of 22.1 percent, according to a new report, as donors made charitable contributions in anticipation of the new tax law. The annual report, from the National Philanthropic Trust, the biggest independent donor-advised […]
FloQast has introduced Strict Tie-Out Mode as an addition to the close management software company’s Strict Suite Controls product, which provides a software framework for internal controls. Strict Tie-out Mode prevents sign-off on reconciliations that aren’t tied out, even if the source data changes after initial sign-off. The new capability enhances FloQast’s other Strict Suite […]
The Internal Revenue Service announced annual inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions for 2019, using a new method of calculating inflation that Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation says will diminish the value of the tax cuts in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The details of the adjustments were released in Revenue Procedure […]
UHY Advisors named Steven McCarty as its new chief executive officer Wednesday, effective Jan. 1, 2019, succeeding longtime CEO Tony Frabotta, who will remain chairman of the Chicago-based Top 100 Firm. McCarty has been leading UHY’s Corporate Finance business and was industry service leader of UHY’s Professional Employer Organization practice. He’s also a member of […]
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that Congress passed last December is likely to produce some winners and losers when taxpayers file their returns next tax season. TaxAudit, a tax audit defense service, came out with a list Wednesday of what it predicts will be the taxpayers who will be hit hardest on their taxes. […]
How many times have you looked at a business publication and seen a version of the following headline? • 5 Traits of Horrible Leaders • The 10 Things Bad Leaders Do • How to Spot a Bad Leader With all this talk about bad leaders, and the havoc they leave in their wake, I started […]
Perception is everything. Our clients, coworkers, network, loved ones, community and acquaintances engage with us based on how they perceive us. Let’s be honest and admit that perhaps accountants do not always do a great job of letting people know all that accountants can do for them professionally and what we accountants are already doing […]
Charles Rettig delivered his first major speech Tuesday as the Internal Revenue Service’s new commissioner at the AICPA National Tax Conference in Washington, D.C., assuring the CPAs in attendance that he knows their views as a tax practitioner, having practiced tax law for decades. Rettig was sworn in only seven weeks ago, but he talked […]
What Amazon may have been offered in return for relocating; firing problem clients; Nexus looms over holiday shopping; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers. Midterm fallout Tax Vox (http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox): Election Day’s state results may have attracted less attention than House and Senate races, but they still resulted in shakeups in some state capitols. […]
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