Blackstone mulls leap into financial data with Thomson Reuters talks

Blackstone Group LP, the private equity giant led by Stephen Schwarzman, is considering its biggest foray yet into the $27 billion-a-year industry for financial information.


IRS offers guidance on W-4 form withholding for TCJA

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice providing guidance for employees and employers on what to do with the Form W-4 under the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.


RSM gifts $90K to staff for 3rd annual 'Pursue Your Passion' program

The Top 5 firm once again helped nine professionals follow their dreams with $10K each and paid-time-off.


Eight ways to prepare for big tax law changes this filing season

The federal tax overhaul put in place by Republicans has produced an unusual show of bipartisanship now that tax season is here: We are a nation united in befuddlement.


Tax cuts help Trump win fans at conservative Koch donor network

There’s nothing like $1.5 trillion in tax cuts to help make friends at a gathering of conservative political donors.


Everything is ‘continuous’

Automated systems will let accountants get real-time, single-source-of-truth data more easily than ever. EY partner Brad Baer dives into what this will mean.


With the introduction of QDD, will tax compliance get even more taxing?

Just when banks may have thought they have met all of their fiscal and regulatory obligations for the New Year (including the hotly debated IRS 871(m) requirements governing financial derivatives), yet a new one arises.


Accounting group concerned about IRS budget cuts

The National Society of Accountants has called the IRS budget appropriation now under consideration “a disservice” to taxpayers and inadequate, even for the IRS needs of a decade ago — let alone at the dawn of massive new tax reform.


Maillie merges in Rowland Johnson

Maillie LLP is adding Rowland, Johnson and Company, a CPA firm based in New Castle, Del.


Firms giving back: CBIZ donates over 1M lbs. of food

A collection of firms’ recent philanthropic efforts.