Close

Blog Articles & Video Uncategorized

$35B in tariff refunds cleared for importers so far

The Trump administration is in the process of issuing more than $35.5 billion to importers who successfully filed for tariff refunds after the U.S. Supreme Court found the president’s signature economic policy unlawful, according to a new court filing. Processing Content The payments are being processed through a new online

Read More »

Intuit launches QuickBooks Workforce for HCM, payroll

Intuit has expanded further into payroll, time tracking, benefits, onboarding and other human capital needs through the release of its new solution, QuickBooks Workforce.  Processing Content The platform, built on the technology of the GoCo HR platform Intuit acquired last year, automates the workforce management needs of small and mid-market

Read More »

Tax Fraud Blotter: The Divine Miss W

Financial conquest; getting plastered; Bill of Information; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Processing Content New Orleans: Amanda Wilkerson, 57, a resident of Marrero, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to a bill of information charging her with one count of failure to pay over payroll/trust fund taxes, one count of failure

Read More »

Aprio enters cannabis industry

Aprio will acquire Phoenix-based accounting and advisory firm Price Kong, effective June 1. Processing Content The deal expands the Top 20 Firm’s Arizona presence and adds accounting, audit and advisory services to Aprio Legal‘s existing footprint. It also marks the firm’s entry into the cannabis industry.  Aprio CEO and managing

Read More »

Firms warn about IRS CP53E notice scams

Accounting firms are starting to see an increase in scams involving the CP53E notices that the Internal Revenue Service has been sending to taxpayers this year when they don’t provide their direct deposit information. Processing Content In recent days, at least two Top 100 Firms — Grassi and CBIZ —

Read More »

Ascend acquires Jackson Thornton

Top 25 Firm Ascend today acquired Montgomery, Alabama-based Jackson Thornton. Processing Content Jackson Thornton is an Accounting Today Gulf Coast Regional Leader, with six offices across the state and over $41 million revenue. The deal adds 30 partners and over 160 employees to Ascend. Terms of the deal were not

Read More »

Lawmaker introduces bill to expand EITC

Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet, D-Michigan, introduced the Working Parents Tax Relief Act, which would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit by giving parents up to an additional $5,500 per child under the age of four, for up to a maximum of three children and increasing the maximum qualifying income for

Read More »

Tax Fraud Blotter: Life must go on

CryptoPunks; Eight Percent Fund; fake Transaction Summaries; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Processing Content Sacramento, California: Former Sacramento city councilman Shahriar “Sean” Loloee pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering charges after admitting to obstructing Labor Department investigators and cheating on taxes tied to his Viva Supermarket stores,

Read More »

Kreston forms legal group alongside tax group

Kreston Global, an international accounting network based in London, has created a new Global Legal Group, uniting legal professionals from across the network, operating in coordination with the network’s Global Tax Group. Processing Content In its initial phase, the Global Legal Group will focus on mapping legal expertise across the

Read More »

In the blogs: Just look at that squirrel

New GASB standards; tax cheats; along for the rideshare; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers. Processing Content Just look at that squirrel ITEP: Our favorite headline of the week: “The Big Corporations That Avoided All Federal Income Taxes on Their 2025 U.S. Profits Would Like Us All to

Read More »