IRS begins cleanup of EAs who did not renew

Enrolled agents with SSNs ending in 0, 1, 2 or 3 need to re-up.


Truckers should e-file highway use return by Sept. 3

The IRS is looking for Form 2290 from heavy-vehicle users.


Are your partner candidates like needles in a haystack?

What firm leadership puts into developing the next generation of leadership is what will come out on the other end.


IRS offers new tax withholding estimate tool

The Internal Revenue Service is replacing its old online tax withholding calculator and making it easier for taxpayers to determine how much in taxes they should withhold.


Accounting in the fourth industrial revolution

The value of your work, your ideas and your contributions to the world are just as important in the future as they are today, if not more so.


Sales tax changes accelerated this year

Hundreds of localities and one state made 335 changes in their standard sales tax rate in the first half of 2019, a 5 percent increase from the same period last year, according to a new report.


HSBC Swiss unit to pay $329M in Belgian tax settlement

HSBC Holdings Plc’s Swiss private banking unit agreed to pay about 294 million euros ($329 million) to settle a Belgian criminal probe into allegations it helped wealthy clients dodge hundreds of millions of euros in taxes.


Prager Metis merges in most new SEC clients in Q2

And Deloitte maintains its strong performance from the first quarter.


Amended tax returns still prone to fraudulent refunds

The Internal Revenue Service hasn’t done enough to improve its procedures for reviewing amended tax returns to reduce erroneous and fraudulent tax refunds, according to a new report.


M&A roundup: Deals in North Carolina and California

LBA Haynes Strand acquires Cherry Bekaert’s Asheboro practice; and Fineman West merges in Jager.