The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation division is getting back to its traditional priorities after it was sidetracked last year into helping with immigration enforcement efforts, according to officials, while also leveraging artificial intelligence. Processing Content “We got pulled into a lot of different activities last year,” said Jared Koopman,
Wade Watson Wade Watson was appointed national practice leader of energy compliance services at Weaver, Houston. Separately, Weaver was recognized as a 2026 Platinum Green Lease Leader by the Institute for Market Transformation through its Green Lease Leaders program. The recognition highlights the firm’s incorporation of green leasing principles into
Internal Revenue Service officials discussed their efforts to increase compliance of tax-exempt groups as well as for-profit businesses with the help of whistleblowers during a tax conference Thursday in New York. Processing Content “If it’s fraud in the tax-exempt sector, that’s something that’s very important to us as an organization,
Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi declared today that, going forward, accountants are the customer, not the channel, and consequently they will be serving them as the customer. Processing Content While this may sound like a minor semantic adjustment, he said it changes everything. For many years, he said, accountants have primarily
Carlos Mencia, a comedian who starred in the Comedy Central series “Mind of Mencia,” was arrested in Los Angeles for tax evasion and charged with failing to report $8.7 million in personal and corporate income between 2019 and 2024 and owing over $300,000 to the State of California. Processing Content
Joe Woodard speaking at Scaling New Heights 2026 If the world of modern accounting feels strange to you, you’re not alone — and you’re not wrong, says Joe Woodard. Processing Content The rise of artificial intelligence is a major part of that: “It’s the single element that’s making the room
Are you under pressure to improve margins so you can keep pace with private equity-backed competitors? Are you constantly feeling swamped? Are you finding it harder to recruit and retain good talent? Is client response time lagging? Then you might be a candidate for offshoring. Processing Content According to the
The Internal Revenue Service’s Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee issued its annual report containing a set of recommendations for the IRS, including improved technology and data sharing, sustained IRS funding amid cutbacks at the agency, AI and human-centered design, digital filing and payments, tax simplification and outreach, fraud prevention and
Bookkeeping, tax and outsourced CFO services company Pilot announced the launch of Meridian, which is said to be able to perform the full scope of bookkeeping and financial reporting. Processing Content Meridian does so by applying Pilot’s operational knowledge gained from many years of performing bookkeeping for thousands of businesses
Deficiency rates in audits of broker-dealers declined in 2025, according to inspections by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board — particularly for those auditors that perform a large number of engagements. The annual report from the PCAOB reviewed the results of its inspections of 61 firms and its review of