The Internal Revenue Service is reportedly planning layoffs of thousands of first-year probationary employees in the midst of tax season, perhaps as soon as this week. The layoffs are set to occur despite assurances that the IRS would wait until May 15, a month after the end of tax season,
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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has posted a series of online “knowledge checks” to help auditors gauge their understanding of various aspects of the PCAOB’s new quality control standard. Some of the topics in the knowledge checks include risk assessment, roles and responsibilities under QC 1000, considerations related to
The House Ways and Means Committee passed a set of bipartisan bills aimed at improving tax filing and administration at the Internal Revenue Service. Two of the bills, which were backed by the American Institute of CPAs, would treat electronic tax filing and payments the same as paper equivalents and
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Careless; the PTIN shuffle; time for Time; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Washington, D.C.: Recent IRS Office of Professional Responsibility disciplinary sanctions include censure, suspension or disbarment from practice before the IRS. Individuals disciplined include (all dates 2024): Milton, Georgia: CPA Peter J. Tarantino, indefinite from July 22.
President Donald Trump’s Small Business Administration told probationary staff members it had mistakenly sent them termination notices, and then informed some of them the next day that they were fired after all. “Probationary employees across the Small Business Administration may have received an unsigned notice of employment termination,” according to
Baker Tilly, a Top 10 Firm based in Chicago, said Tuesday it intended to acquire CironeFriedberg, a firm based in Bethel, Connecticut, marking its second acquisition this month, fueled by private equity funding. Baker Tilly sees the acquisition as bolstering its presence in the Northeast, creating connections between its New
President Donald Trump’s tax cut wish list would cost the federal government between $5 trillion and $11.2 trillion in lost revenue over the next decade, according to a new analysis from a budget watchdog group. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which advocates for shrinking deficits, estimated the bulk
President Donald Trump’s tax cut wish list would cost the federal government between $5 trillion and $11.2 trillion in lost revenue over the next decade, according to a new analysis from a budget watchdog group. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which advocates for shrinking deficits, estimated the bulk