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.
September 18, 2013
The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has launched an enhanced online marketplace at Tax.ThomsonReuters.com/Store. It is designed to help tax and accounting practitioners and corporate tax professionals more easily find and purchase the products they need, access news and insightful articles, join online communities of their peers, and more.
September 12, 2013
Financial fraud is widespread in America, with more than four of five people in a new poll saying they've been targeted by scammers in one form or another.
September 12, 2013
A 35-year-old Watsonville, California man was convicted of felony embezzlement Tuesday after he skimmed money from two San Jose companies and left them delinquent on their taxes.
September 12, 2013
California Governor Gerry Brown Jr. joined with top leadership in the state's legislature on Wednesday to announce their support for a new bill that would raise the state's minimum wage.
September 9, 2013
Seattle-based Amazon late last year hired Patton Boggs, a marquee Washington, D.C., lobbying group, to join two other firms on retainer as well as Amazon's in-house lobbyists in hopes of getting the Marketplace Fairness Act passed.