Words matter when describing R&D credit activities

Avoid some of the problems that can come up during an audit by using the wrong words.

Words matter when describing R&D credit activities


Taxpayer Advocate finds problems with tax refund delays and taxpayer service

The IRS’s new anti-fraud filters are unnecessarily flagging millions of tax returns and delaying legitimate tax refunds for weeks or months.

Taxpayer Advocate finds problems with tax refund delays and taxpayer service


Keep your wits about you this tax season

Sometimes it can feel like now, it’s up to the client to do their part so you can do your job. In many ways, you’re right.

Keep your wits about you this tax season


The most expensive Mac ever, and other tech stories you may have missed

Bookkeepers using tax prep as a loss leader, artificial intelligence everywhere, and eight other developments in technology this past month and how they’ll impact your clients and your firm.

The most expensive Mac ever, and other tech stories you may have missed


Time for tax pros to start marketing

Get working on it now, before the filing season rush begins.

Time for tax pros to start marketing


In the blogs: Plan and superplan

Top posts of last year; decades of breaks; parenting credits; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

In the blogs: Plan and superplan


IRS delay on partnership capital reporting offers temporary reprieve for some

The Internal Revenue Service’s announcement last month delaying a requirement for reporting partners’ share of partnership capital offers some extra time to busy tax practitioners, but the issue still isn’t going away and may lead to some other problems.

IRS delay on partnership capital reporting offers temporary reprieve for some


Seeking new business, Blucora to buy employee RIA for $160M

The Avantax Wealth Management parent views HK Financial as another way of working with CPAs and tax professionals branching into the field.

Seeking new business, Blucora to buy employee RIA for 0M


Joel Black named GASB's next chair

The Financial Accounting Foundation’s board of trustees has named Joel Black, partner in charge of the audit practice at Top 100 Firm Mauldin & Jenkins, the next chair of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.

Joel Black named GASB's next chair


Trump rape accuser may seek president’s taxes in lawsuit

Donald Trump can face a lawsuit in New York because his residency at the White House “is not permanent” and his tax returns would prove it, according to an advice columnist suing the president for denying he raped her two decades ago.

Trump rape accuser may seek president’s taxes in lawsuit