October 30, 2013
The IRS designed its Correspondence Imaging System (CIS) to automate the scanning of taxpayer correspondence. The Image Control Team units in IRS submission processing sites scanned more than 8.1 million pieces of paper correspondence into the CIS during Fiscal Year 2012.
October 28, 2013
Two former Sentara Healthcare employees pleaded guilty this month to accessing patients' electronic health records inappropriately in a scheme to file fraudulent tax returns.
October 23, 2013
Survey by Anchin, Block & Anchin suggests business owners lack financial planning and/or resources to handle another natural disaster.
October 23, 2013
The dawn of 2013 brought the biggest tax changes in more than a decade and this dramatic reshaping of the tax code will change tax planning according to Grant Thornton LLP.
October 22, 2013
Last year, it was the fiscal cliff that delayed the start of tax season- this coming year, blame it on the partial government shutdown.
October 21, 2013
In his new role, Carlson, who has led KPMG's St. Louis office since 2008, will be responsible for the strategic direction and growth of the area offices. He assumes his new role on Dec. 1, succeeding Candace H. Duncan, who will retire after 35 years with the firm.
October 11, 2013
Federal agents swept through South Florida this week to arrest about 40 people charged with the viral-spreading crimes of identity theft and tax-refund fraud.
October 11, 2013
Pennsylvania's State Senate majority leader proposes freezing senior citizens' school property taxes and possibly paying for it by legalizing video lottery games.
October 9, 2013
A Florida man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday in a scam that obtained identification information from people who thought they were applying for jobs and used it to file phony tax returns.
October 7, 2013
As this column goes to print, provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as the “ACA,” or ObamaCare) will change accountants and tax preparers from “trusted advisors” to a more derogatory status:
October 2, 2013
Global accounting firm Ryan is offering business insight into the issue, as well as other corporate taxation issues.
September 18, 2013
As a father of three earning $8 an hour, Bakersfield resident Adula Harris may well benefit if Gov. Jerry Brown signs a bill that would raise California's minimum hourly wage to $9 in July and then to $10 in January 2016.