Why your firm should be on YouTube

If you thought YouTube only featured videos of cute babies and stupid pet tricks, think again.


Cannabis industry tax issues just got real

A dispensary owner becomes the first person sentenced for marijuana-related tax crimes.


Positioning your accounting firm for M&A success

Numerous issues could prove challenging and even put deals at risk.


Find new ways to support staff

Pet insurance, serving employees like clients and other ways to stand out.


Samsung family’s $4B tax strategy dragged into spotlight

Ordinary families might stash spare cash under a mattress or in a safety deposit box. South Korea’s Lee family are so rich they spent years leaving billions of dollars under the names of their employees.


Patisserie chain suspends CFO amid accounting probe, tax demand

U.K. cake baker Patisserie Holdings Plc suspended its chief financial officer after uncovering “significant, and potentially fraudulent, accounting irregularities” and a demand for more than a million pounds in back taxes.


In the blogs: Magic wands

Firms’ winter policies; SALT county by county; new forms and a potentially delayed season; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.


AICPA prods IRS to change rules for centralized partnership audit regime

The American Institute of CPAs testified Tuesday at an Internal Revenue Service hearing about the problems the AICPA is anticipating from the IRS and Treasury Department’s proposed rules for auditing large partnerships.


KKR begins $1.24B bid for MYOB

The investment firm wants to buy the Australian accounting software provider to pad its Asia-Pacific tech portfolio.


IRS overlooks billions in tax noncompliance for tips

The Internal Revenue Service generally is not enforcing the tip agreements it has in place with some businesses, according to a new report.