Accounting February 28, 2026
Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Voting in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Readers can vote for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
Taxes October 5, 2023
IRS Cuts PTIN Fees for 2024
The IRS is slashing the costs for paid tax return preparers to renew their preparer tax identification numbers in 2024 by nearly 36%.
Taxes October 3, 2023
Three Complex Tax Issues Businesses are Facing Now
There are a myriad of challenges and changes in the tax codes affecting their business clients each tax season.
Payroll October 2, 2023
Student Loan Payments Resume for Millions of Americans
Individuals with federal student loans must begin planning to start repaying these debts for the first time in more than three years.
Taxes October 2, 2023
IRS Adds Features to Tax Pro Account for Managing Client Authorizations
New additions to Tax Pro Account, available through IRS.gov, will help practitioners manage their active client authorizations on file with the Centralized Authorization File (CAF) database.
Taxes September 30, 2023
House and Senate Pass Last-Minute Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown
The Senate overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation Saturday to avoid a disruptive U.S. government shutdown, sending the bill to President Joe Biden for his expected signature just hours before a midnight deadline.
Accounting September 30, 2023
Government Shutdown Likely Averted with Last-Minute Temporary Spending Deal in House
The latest House stopgap bill passed with the support of 126 Republicans, while 90 GOP lawmakers voted “no.” Only one Democrat, Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., opposed it, over the omission of Ukraine aid.
Taxes September 29, 2023
Pop Singer Shakira Charged with Tax Evasion for Second Time
Spanish prosecutors claim she failed to pay $7.1 million in taxes in 2018 and is using an offshore company to avoid paying taxes.
Taxes September 29, 2023
IRS’s Government Shutdown Plans Include Furloughs and Few Services
Contingency plan calls for the IRS to furlough two-thirds of its workforce and press pause on most core tax administration functions.
Taxes September 28, 2023
AICPA Asks IRS to Release Contingency Plan in Case of Government Shutdown
The letter goes on to express concern that an October shutdown of the government will likely impact the timely processing of extended 2022 tax returns due by Oct 16, 2023.
Taxes September 28, 2023
Ways and Means Votes to Release More of Hunter Biden’s Tax Documents
The House panel voted along party lines to disclose additional documents related to the probe into the president's son's taxes.
Taxes September 28, 2023
Two Found Guilty in $1.3 Billion Conservation Easement Scheme
Jack Fisher and James Sinnott designed, marketed and sold to high-income clients abusive syndicated conservation easement tax shelters based on fraudulently inflated charitable contribution tax deductions, promising them deductions 4.5 times the amount the taxpayer clients paid.
Accounting September 28, 2023
Judge Finds Trump Liable for Fraud in $250 Million New York Lawsuit
In an unexpected portion of his decision, the judge essentially stripped Trump of the ability to run his businesses in New York by canceling his certificates and any controlled by his adult sons.