Firm Management
BMSS Brings on CPA Firm Haddox Reid Eubank Betts
Consolidated under the BMSS name, the combined firm has 32 partners and 125 CPAs for approximately 325 total employees.
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Firm Management
Sikich Promotes 12 to Partnership
The Naperville, IL-based top 30 accounting firm has a dozen new partners, all of whom started their new roles on Jan. 1.
Firm Management
Marcum Merges in Federman, Lally & Remis in Connecticut
The deal bolsters Marcum's team in New England's automotive and food and beverage sectors, adding five partners and 12 associates.
Taxes
IRS Provides Initial Guidance on Employee PLESAs
IRS Notice 2024-22 provides employers insight on the anti-abuse rules regarding pension-linked emergency savings accounts.
Firm Management
Prager Metis Merges in Goldsmith Molis & Gray
The top 60 accounting firm has expanded its presence in North Carolina by combining with Asheville-based GM&G.
Firm Management
Baratz & Associates Acquires Fellow New Jersey CPA Firm
The top 400 firm, based in Marlton, NJ, went shopping in nearby Cherry Hill and bought Renzi Bernardi Suarez & Co.
Firm Management
PKF O’Connor Davies Picks Up Robert Philipson & Co.
The Maryland-based firm, acquired by PKF O’Connor Davies on Jan. 1, specializes in servicing high-net-worth and other private clients.
IRS
Long IRS Delays in Assisting Identity Theft Victims Are 'Unconscionable,' National Taxpayer Advocate Says
Nearly 500,000 taxpayers with cases pending at the IRS waited almost 19 months for their identity theft issues to be resolved.
Firm Management
BDO USA Adds 60 New Principals for 2024
This is the first new class of rainmakers since BDO ditched its partnership model to become a professional services corporation.
Taxes
IRS Warns Tax Pros of Another 'New Client' Scheme Involving Cybercriminals
The IRS has seen a new round of email scams where cybercriminals pose as potential clients looking for tax help.
Firm Management
Citrin Cooperman Adds Coleman Huntoon & Brown
The Chapel Hill, NC-based CPA firm joins Citrin Cooperman with more than 20 employees and over $7 million in revenue.
Payroll
For the Most Part, Accountants Aren't Too Frustrated About Their Salaries
USA Today analyzed more than 3 million Glassdoor reviews of companies in 25 sectors to see whose workers had pay frustration.