Looking for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced details of the 2015 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums. The forums last three days and over that time, there will be more than 40 seminars and workshops. Those seminars and workshops will provide up to 18 CPE credits for enrolled agents, certified…
It turns out that the IRS can’t do everything it wants after all. Last year, three independent tax preparers, Sabina Loving of Chicago, Illinois, John Gambino of Hoboken, N.J., and Elmer Kilian of Eagle, Wisconsin, took on the IRS, accusing it among other things, of lacking the authority to license tax preparers. The lawsuit was…
Yesterday was a pretty busy day in the media. There was a lot of thought and commentary about the election and what it meant for the country. You might not have noticed, then, that the 47th Commissioner of the IRS was saying his goodbyes before the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) in Washington,…
I’m on my way home from Vegas today. I’ve been here for the last few days for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Practitioners Symposium and TECH+ Conference in partnership with the Association for Accounting Marketing Summit at the Aria Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV. AICPA is the world’s largest association representing…
