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A Washington-based watchdog group is taking aim at Donald Trump, accusing his foundation of making political contributions that may have violated...
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The odds of being criminally prosecuted by the IRS have fallen as a result of budget cuts , decreasing from 13.3 per million population in fiscal year 2013 to 9.2 per million in FY 2015. Read more »
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Court disagrees with exotic dancer's definition of taxable income vs. gifts. Read more »
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Democratic Presidential hopeful and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has urged the Treasury to block Pfizer’s planned corporate inversion. Read more »
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Federal court bars owner of a dozen Liberty Tax Service franchises in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, while Maryland grand jury indicts franchise owner and preparers. Read more »
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A roundup of some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases. Read more »
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The National Retail Federation is urging Congress to reject any form of consumption tax. Read more »
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Institute sends comment letter to the IRS recommending some changes in proposed regulations for country-by-country reporting by multinationals. Read more »
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Fleischman succeeds Bruce Beach, who has led the firm as CEO since 1990. Read more »
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RSM US LLP, the firm formerly known as McGladrey, has begun compiling an index of middle-market business performance. Read more »
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The American Institute of CPAs is crying foul over an ad by H&R; Block suggesting that many CPAs don’t know how to prepare tax returns, but Block is promising to increase its competition with CPAs. Read more »
Insights
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March 22, 2016
Accounting Principals, recruitment and placement service of accounting and finance professionals, announced on Tuesday that they have become the Official Athlete Career Transition Services Sponsor for Team USA, which will look to support athletes before, during and after their Olympic training and competition to succeed in their careers. Read more »
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March 21, 2016
This edition of Generational Viewpoints features two individuals from REDW, a 185-employee firm with locations in Albuquerque and Phoenix. We asked Baby Boomer principal and IT director Marcus Clarke, born in 1952, and Millennial principal Paul Madrid, born in 1984, to share their perspectives on business development by answering the following question: “What is your generation’s perspective on rainmaking, and how does it differ or align with the perspective of other generations?” Read more »
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March 17, 2016
In a new survey from Robert Half Management Resources and Robert Half Technology, 51 percent of CFOs claimed that they are presently collaborating more with their company's CIOs than three years ago. A scant 7 percent of respondents said they work with CIOs less often. Read more »
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March 17, 2016
Texas firm Whitley Penn recently announced their monthly support to the Tarrant Area Food Bank during 2016 by providing volunteers to assist with sorting, inspecting and boxing food for Children’s Feeding Programs. Read more »
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March 16, 2016
The Colangelo College of Business at Grand Canyon University is holding its first annual "Money Week" March 14-16 in order to educate students on financial and savings basics, per GCU Today. Professors from Colangelo and other financial experts look to educate students with concise, 20-minute discussions on basic topics ranging from tackling credit card debt to structuring a budget. Read more »
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March 16, 2016
Jody Padar, principal of New Vision CPA Group and author of The Radical CPA: New Rules for the Future-Ready Firm, will be partnering with Donal de Paor and Veltig - the salesforce solution consulting and implementation partner - to support the launch of Sage Live in Chicago, the two announced on Wednesday. Read more »
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March 22, 2016
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has named the members who will serve on a Transition Resource Group to help with implementation of its upcoming credit losses standard. Read more »
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March 21, 2016
More than half of companies in India are not yet ready for new Indian Accounting Standards, according to a new survey. Read more »
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March 18, 2016
The number of presidential candidates has been steadily winnowing down in recent weeks as they suffer defeats in the primaries and caucuses, and so too their tax plans have been falling by the wayside. Read more »
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March 17, 2016
Nearly a quarter of Americans think it’s acceptable to lie to the Internal Revenue Service about under-the-table income. Read more »
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March 16, 2016
Business software giant SAP has been going beyond its traditional enterprise resource planning specialty to expand into areas such as supply chain management, travel and expense management, and the Internet of Things. Read more »
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March 15, 2016
WalletHub has released its annual report on the states with the highest and lowest tax rates in the country. Read more »