Congress examines revamping the IRS appeals process

The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing this week to look at reforming the way the Internal Revenue Service resolves taxpayer disputes and appeals.


Firms on the move: Cherry Bekaert's Volunteer Week

K-Coe Isom expands in California; RSM launches a tax reform calculator; and more news from CPA offices across the country.


EisnerAmper selects Wdesk to offer increased SOX compliance services

The Workiva product provides audit and enterprise productivity capabilities.


People on the move: Wipfli admits 13 new partners

Deloitte adds an IRS deputy commissioner; Lassus Wherley staff earn their CFPs; MBAF gets a new HR director; and other recent hires, promotions and personnel news from firms across the country.


Alabama Society of CPAs holds diversity conference

Students met with industry leaders at Alabama State University to discuss best practices and network.


Tax haven, home to 400,000 firms, begins Hurricane Irma recovery

It took two days after Hurricane Irma ripped through the British Virgin Islands, damaging or destroying an estimated 70 percent of the territory’s buildings, for the Caribbean tax haven to start piecing back together its lucrative corporate-registry business.


Paychex offers same day payroll reversals

The offering debuts on the first day the new rule under NACHA comes into effect.


KPMG’s South African bosses quit after probe into Gupta work

KPMG LLP said the head of its South African office and seven other senior executives quit after an internal investigation found that work done for the politically connected Gupta family fell “considerably short” of the auditing firm’s standards.


Tax Fraud Blotter: ‘Your Name Here’ tax service

Theft from prep help; neither snow nor rain nor the law; and other highlights of recent tax cases.


Inflation-adjusted tax rates predicted for 2018

Tax reform notwithstanding, the tax research providers Bloomberg BNA and Thomson Reuters both released their predictions Thursday for the annual inflation-adjusted tax rates that the Internal Revenue Service is likely to announce in the coming weeks.