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Today's trouble construction industry is creating lucrative opportunities for many CPA firms across the country. Accounting firms are becoming involved in such wide- ranging aspects as job cost analysis, financing, [...]

Tax Practitioners Foresee No Cuts Talk of Relief Seen as Election-Year Rhetoric WASHINGTON -- Despite the pressure being put on the Bush administration for tax relief for middle-income America, many [...]

Incomes Gain 22% Since '88 ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Public accountants have done all right for themselves on the income front during the past three years. Their estimated gross income this [...]

Unleash The IRS Watchdog WASHINGTON - Leading taxpayer advocacy groups testified at a Congressional hearing that the Internal Revenue Service ombudsman should be set free of the agency and independently [...]

Accounting firms across the country are giving collections and billings high priority in their campaigns to improve the bottom line during this recessionary period. Indeed, the firms are monitoring collections [...]

IRS Chief Backs Simplification NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- In a speech marked by frequent applause, IRS commissioner Fred T. Goldberg, Jr. came out in solid support of a tax simplification movement. [...]

Age-Based Pension Plans Win Converts A new age-based profit sharing plan authorized by the Internal Revenue Service is looming large on today's embattled benefits front. Coming at a time when [...]

CPAs Take Over City Hall In The Heart of Texas AUSTIN, Texas -- Who says CPAs can't succeed in politics? Not Bruce Todd, Ronney Reynolds and Gus Garcia, three CPAs [...]

Firms See New Billings In New Taxes Spiraling state and local taxes along with the wave of national relocation by corporations are presenting many tax practitioners with a wealth of [...]

Price Defends BCCI Role O'Malley Denies Wrongdoing in Probe of Money-Laundering Bank NEW YORK -- Battered by reports of serious irregularities in handling audits for a mysterious international banking house, [...]

Tax practitioners are welcoming a new Internal Revenue Service policy practically making tax extensions next year 'paperless.' Extensions next year will be automatic with none of the traditional paper filing [...]

WASHINGTON -- With the help of the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department is cracking down on the growing number of individuals filing fraudulent tax returns electronically. In early June [...]

LOS ANGELES--A key member of the Security and Exchange Commission challenged the Financial Accounting Standards Board to take more positive role in the campaign to harmonize international accounting standards. Philip [...]

Tax Pros Sense Murky Future PHOENIX, Ariz. - The accounting profession will see dramatic changes within the next decade, a period that will be marked by a sharp decline in [...]

Leventhal Checks Into Hotel Market MIAMI - Capitalizing on its unique one-two punch with both real estate and hospitality expertise, Kenneth Leventhal & Co. has created a solid niche in [...]

CCH Trims Staff by 250 LOS ANGELES - CCH Computax Inc. has trimmed its work force by 250 people, or 15 percent., following a 10 percent decline in volume at [...]

New Uniform CPA Law Faces First Hurdles The accounting profession's renewed effort at creating uniformity in state regulations will get its first test this spring. The National Association of State [...]

Few Glitches Reported As Frenzy Begins With the big tax season moving into the home stretch, practitioners across the country say the preparation process is going surprisingly smoothly. The biggest [...]

For Planners, Living Trusts Pose Problems NEW YORK - Despite misgivings of some CPAs, living trusts are emerging as an important tool in the financial planning arena. Whether because of [...]

Profession: Capital Gains Cut Unlikely NEW YORK - Many accountants see little or no chance of a cut in the capital gains tax despite the Bush Administration's persistence in advocating [...]

If Chain Store Age's second annual Top Resources study proves anything at all, it is that even the most wet established brands of a product are vulnerable when it comes [...]

Irish firm to buy Ham Beach WATERBURY, Conn. -- Glen Dimplex Ltd., a supplier of heaters and small appliances based in Dunleer, Ireland, has agreed to acquire the Hamilton Beach [...]

CHICAGO--Higher-priced gas grills and patio furniture will key retail promotion of outdoor lines next spring if action at this month's National Hardware Show is any indication. Coming off a strong [...]

Despite encouraging reports from Hoover, Eureka and Panasonic, the rest of the floor caree industry is approaching today's sophisticated electronic technology in product development cautiously. Many firms, such as Douglas [...]

Housewares retailers have been disappointed during the last week. They had been hoping for the holiday season to pull them out the slowness. Retailers say consumers are more selective and price conscious than before. Many retailers are using advertising campaigns to lure the consumers.

Housewares show: Fray gets hotter NEW YORK -- The scramble for dates and sites for a second housewares show in 1988 is underway, with two new organizations entering the crowded [...]

Hardware show: Stocks OK CHICAGO--Retailer are turning out in force for the National Hardware Show here this week to nail down strong spring programs they hope will make next year's [...]

NHMA studies show dates After just two years under a spring-fall schedule, the National Housewares Manufacturers Assn. is studying the possibility of switching the semiannual show dates back to the [...]

DEPARTMENT STORES Foley's: Setting sights on profits HOUSTON (FNS) -- Despite a sluggish Houston retail economy, Foley's is looking for an increase in floor care volume this year by continuing [...]

The tax and accounting industry is pulling out all stops this season to ease the compliance burden for today's beleaguered taxpayers - and at the same time highlight the profession [...]

WETHERSFIELD, CONN. - A prominent local firm has elected to convert from a partnership to a limited liability company, an increasingly popular form of organization among accountants worried by the [...]

Continuing professional education providers are gearing for an unprecedented demand for tax courses because of the new revenue bill. 'The ongoing changes and volatility of the tax laws demand that [...]

No longer satisfied with its back-seat position in influencing the profession, the American Accounting Association under its new president will be putting academia on the front line, working closely with [...]

NEw YORK -- Veteran financial planning specialist Joel Isaacson has left the partnership of Clarfeld & Co. here to form his own company. Geared to provide fee-only financial planning services [...]

ANNAPOLIS, MD.- Maryland has become the 28th state to require that CPA candidates first complete 150 hours of college classes. The legislature has also amended the state's limited liability company [...]

CHICAGO -- CPAs here are coming to grips with the AIDs crisis. Charlotte Wheeler, a sole practitioner, has spent 120 non-billable hours working with the AIDS Legal Counsel. Shirlene Townet [...]

CHICAGO -- Two local firms have shaken up their rosters and are both taking aim at the area's vast governmental services market. The latest round of changes began when Irwin [...]

NEWARK, N.J. -- When he retires in July, John J. Meade will be leaving a profession he has seen broaden in scope and grown dramatically during his 15 years as [...]

DENVER -- Strait Kushinsky & Co., the local firm founded by Marvin Strait in 1973 and built into a practice of national prominence, is merging into Baird, Kurtz & Dobson, [...]

CHICAGO - Combined Individual and corporate net income taxes were the single largest source of revenues for states in fiscal 1991. Income tax collections for the year, the latest reporting [...]