Intuit introduces tax practice management platform with Karbon

The platform will be available for tax year 2020.

Intuit introduces tax practice management platform with Karbon


The AI-human connection

The first step in making the most of this new technology is for accountants to learn to start trusting it.

The AI-human connection


PwC adds ex-SEC commissioner as outside director and forms Assurance Quality Advisory Committee

PricewaterhouseCoopers is adding a third external director to its board, former SEC commissioner Troy Paredes, and establishing an Assurance Quality Advisory Committee where the firm will bring in more outside voices to help improve its audits.

PwC adds ex-SEC commissioner as outside director and forms Assurance Quality Advisory Committee


Tax Fraud Blotter: Winning big

Spook central; short of a grand; a low bar; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Tax Fraud Blotter: Winning big


The 10-second rule

If you find yourself talking for more than 10 consecutive seconds during a client meeting, stop and ask the client an open-ended question, and give them ample time to respond.

The 10-second rule


Misty Megia steps down as global head of QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program

Megia, who has headed Intuit’s ProAdvisor and Education Program since 2017, has stepped down to return to entrepreneurship.

Misty Megia steps down as global head of QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program


Financial Accounting Foundation appoints executive director

The Financial Accounting Foundation, the group that oversees the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, has named acting president John W. Auchincloss as the FAF’s executive director.

Financial Accounting Foundation appoints executive director


New taxpayer advocate appointed for the IRS

Erin Collins, who formerly worked at KPMG and the IRS, will lead the Taxpayer Advocate Service.

New taxpayer advocate appointed for the IRS


NABA's Orlando Chapter to host 2020 Accounting Careers Awareness Program

The Greater Orlando Chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants will host its annual Accounting Careers Awareness Program at the University of Central Florida from July 12-17.

NABA's Orlando Chapter to host 2020 Accounting Careers Awareness Program


Digital tax talks may result in trade war even if Democrats win

A brewing fight about which country has the right to tax some of the world’s most profitable companies, including Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, could devolve into a multi-front trade war, regardless of whether President Donald Trump is still in the White House.

Digital tax talks may result in trade war even if Democrats win