Tax season to start Jan. 28, IRS confirms

Despite the shutdown, Commissioner Rettig commits to on-time refunds, too.


Ocasio-Cortez’s 70% tax idea isn't very radical

Marginal rates had been that high as recently as 1981.


Squar Milner merges in Louie & Wong LLP

The Top 100 Firm is expanding its presence in the Bay Area after another recent merger in San Francisco.


Build solutions, not services, to drive growth

Make 2019 the year you offer your clients what they really need.


Accounting standards shouldn’t be left to the accountants

The SEC and FASB control the process now, but Congress should give banking regulators a more central role in overseeing the creation of accounting rules.


Is international expansion in your firm’s future?

Exciting new markets await, but so do stumbling blocks.


Ex-UBS employee fails to show for trial on stealing tax data

The defendant is accused of selling stolen information to the German tax authorities.


Art of Accounting: Juggling an accounting practice by the month

Everything you should do vs. what you can do vs. what you want to do vs. what you will do.


Congressman asks IRS to explain shutdown impact on filing season

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., is asking the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to explain what impact the partial government shutdown will have on the upcoming tax season.


Ocasio-Cortez says 70% ultra-rich tax could pay for climate plan

Progressive House Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for a sharp tax hike on the highest incomes in order to fund a massive “Green New Deal.”