The two tax plans right now; bad bets; the future of audit; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

With the latest tax deadline behind them and the individual tax season ahead, accountants this time of year often realize that they are on a treadmill of never-ending deadlines with only brief periods of relief.

Key stumbling blocks remain for tax reform, including a ticking clock, differences in key provisions, and the cost.

U.S. companies that make billions of dollars from patents and other intellectual property held offshore would be eligible for a special 12.5 percent tax rate on those earnings under the Senate tax plan.

The Top 100 Firm is expanding in western New York with its latest deal.

Startups and venture capitalists rarely get worked up over laws before they pass, but the tax plan currently winding its way through Congress is causing an uproar in Silicon Valley.

They may be dusty, but tax pros aren’t quite ready to discard some antique tools.

In Vanuatu, a remote archipelago in the South Pacific, a popular tourist attraction is something called land diving. Villagers on the lush outer island of Pentecost jump headfirst from a tall wooden tower with tree vines tied to their ankles to break their fall. For the divers, the rite of passage is a plunge into the unknown—and that’s not a bad metaphor for where this secretive tax haven is headed these days.

The partnership hopes to encourage tax firms to expand their practices with the new offerings.

The company’s third annual conference will focus on the future of tax compliance.