Income Tax October 24, 2026
A Corrected Tax Document Arrived After Review. What Needs to Reopen?
The operational question is not whether the upload succeeded. It is whether the change reached the person responsible for deciding what happens next.
June 28, 2015
Supreme Court Ruling on ObamaCare Means Business as Usual
The best advice that tax practitioners and business advisers can give their clients in the wake of the new Supreme Court decision on Obamacare is actually pretty simple: Keep doing what you’re doing.
June 27, 2015
AICPA Warns of Financial Scams Against Elderly
A contributing factor to the emotional impact of financial fraud or abuse is how often this situation involves family members. The most common types of elder financial abuse or fraud seen by CPA financial planners over the past five years were ...
June 25, 2015
Most Americans Report Delaying Major Financial Decisions: Home, Education, Retirement
A new survey found that a majority of American adults (51 percent) have delayed at least one important life decision in the last year due to financial reasons. This represents an increase of 20 percentage points from a similar survey conducted in 2007.
June 24, 2015
ObamaCare Has Had Little Impact on Part-Time Jobs, Shows Research
However, a new study from the ADP Research Institute indicates little to no change in the number of workers within each of three hourly ranges studied since implementation of ACA provisions began.
June 24, 2015
The Impact of Scan and Organize on a Tax Engagement
It is useful to separate scanning in accounting firms into two categories. One type of scanning includes individual documents or a small number of miscellaneous documents. The other type of scanning is higher volume, and depending upon firm size, more ...
June 23, 2015
10 Tax Breaks Could Be Made Permanent: Sec. 179, Bonus Depreciation, Tuition and More
There is a plan to push a package of these tax extenders earlier than usual this year and to make them permanent, once and for all. This will enable taxpayers, including both individuals and businesses, to plan accordingly.
June 23, 2015
Summer Jobs and Taxes: What Teens and Parents Need to Know
School’s out for summer! While it’s a time for rest and recreation, many of your clients have teenaged children who will be working during the summer months. It teaches them about responsibility, work ethic and, not surprisingly, taxes.
June 23, 2015
44,000 Tax Preparers Complete Voluntary IRS Education Program
Nearly 44,000 tax return preparers across the U.S. participated in the IRS' Annual Filing Season Program in its first year. The voluntary program was announced a year ago and designed to encourage continuing education (CE) and filing season readiness.
June 22, 2015
IRS Names Tribiano as Deputy Commissioner for Operations Support
Tribiano is a top official at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service and is a commissioned officer in the Navy Reserve.
June 22, 2015
NSA Starts Petition for Tax Practitioners Bill of Rights
In response to the ongoing frustration of dealing with slow service from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Tax Practitioner Bill of Rights calls for the right to have tax laws and rules passed in a timely manner, the right to quality service ...
June 22, 2015
IRS Proposes Tax-Favored Accounts for Young People with Disabilities
The Internal Revenue Service has released proposed regulations implementing a new federal law authorizing states to offer specially-designed tax-favored ABLE accounts to people with disabilities who became disabled before age 26.
June 18, 2015
Accounting Firm Raises $150K for Special Operations Warrior Foundation and Safe At Home Foundation
Over the past nine years, CohnReznick’s outing has raised a combined total of more than $1.45 million for these two organizations through the firm's charitable outreach arms, the CohnReznick Foundation and the CohnReznick CARES initiative.