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RF&F acquires Mister, Burton & Associates

Rosen, Sapperstein and Friedlander LLC, a Regional Leader based in Towson, Maryland, is buying Mister, Burton & Associates LLC, a firm based in Cockeysville, Maryland, effective Jan. 1, 2024. The acquisition will add six partners and directors to RS&F. MBA offers audit, tax, accounting and management advisory services for businesses,

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IRS Appeals sets priorities for next year

The Internal Revenue Service’s Independent Office of Appeals hopes to improve both taxpayer service and the experience of its workforce next year. The Appeals office posted a focus guide Friday laying its main priorities for fiscal year 2024. The Taxpayer First Act of 2019 renamed the IRS Office of Appeals

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Playing chicken

A world view; muscle head; in the hunt; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Victorville, California: Former area tax preparer Stephen Jake McGonigle, 66, has been convicted for leading a multiyear tax fraud that spanned three continents and claimed more than $10 million from the IRS and dozens of

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M&A roundup: BDO, Sikich and other firms expand

BMSS Advisors & CPAs, a Regional Leader based in Birmingham, Alabama, added Haddox Reid Eubank Betts PLLC, a firm based in Ridgeland, Mississippi, effective Dec. 1, 2023. The combined firm will have 32 partners, 125 CPAs and approximately 322 employees, and the two firms will consolidate under the name BMSS,

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IRS falls short when employees get arrested

The Internal Revenue Service needs to do a better job of keeping track of employees who are arrested by law enforcement and notifying their colleagues, according to a new report. The report, released Monday by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, noted that the agency has a Post-Appointment Arrest

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SEC approves PCAOB audit confirmation standard

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to approve a new standard for audit confirmations from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board that updates a decades-old existing standard to recognize the use of technology for electronic confirmations. The PCAOB voted to adopt the audit confirmation standard in September. The new standard

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Ability, affability and availability

Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. There’s an old saying in the medical profession: “To be an excellent doctor, you must have three things: availability, affability and ability (in that order).” A doctor’s technical ability is actually the least important of the three

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M&A roundup: Eide Bailly and McMillan expand

Eide Bailly, a Top 20 Firm based in Fargo, North Dakota, is adding High Plains Technology, a technology solutions company based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, effective Jan. 8, 2024.  The deal will add four partners and 14 staff to Eide Bailly’s Sioux Falls and Fargo offices. Financial terms were

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Numbers games

Sanctions list; getting out of the Market; why oh Y; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Washington, D.C.: The IRS Office of Professional Responsibility has published recent tax professionals’ sanctions, including censure, suspension or disbarment from practice before the IRS (by certification, alphabetical by state and all dates this

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Numbers games

Sanctions list; getting out of the Market; why oh Y; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Washington, D.C.: The IRS Office of Professional Responsibility has published recent tax professionals’ sanctions, including censure, suspension or disbarment from practice before the IRS (by certification, alphabetical by state and all dates this

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