People on the move: EY anoints two California MPs

MSCPA names new executive director; K-Coe Isom promotes three to partnership and a trio to principal; and other recent hires, promotions and personnel news from firms across the country.


Should tax prep be free? Credit Karma’s challenge to TurboTax

(Bloomberg) Tax preparation isn’t rocket science. That’s Kenneth Lin’s pitch to get you to use Credit Karma, his popular credit-monitoring site, to do taxes online for free.


Firms on the move: NJCPA to award over $400K in scholarships

Warren Averett Asset Management and Kinsight merge; BDO Alliance adds Fulcrum Partners; and more news from CPA offices across the country.


Investors paying more attention to nonfinancial info

Investors are increasingly relying on nonfinancial performance information, including disclosures by companies about their environmental, social and governance practices, to make their investing decisions, according to a new survey by Ernst & Young.


Deloitte hosts 2017 'Audit Innovation Campus Challenge'

Morehouse College wins the annual student case study competition with an automated risk assessment application.


IRS plans Saturday customer service for end of tax season

The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday it would offer toll-free telephone service for taxpayers on the last two Saturdays of tax season.


IRS seized funds from lawful activity when pursuing anti-structuring cases

Internal Revenue Service criminal investigators mainly pursued law-abiding citizens and businesses when seizing assets in civil forfeiture cases because they were easier to go after, according to a new government report.


IRS revives private debt collection program

The Internal Revenue Service is relaunching the much criticized private debt collection program this month after Congress required it to do so as part of legislation passed at the end of 2015.


KPMG announces 2017 'Master of Accounting with Data and Analytics' program

The Big Four firm seeks a second class of students from Ohio State and Villanova by May 15.


AuditFile’s software now integrates with Microsoft Office Online

The cloud-based audit automation solution has joined the MS Cloud Storage Partner Program.