Accounting News

1. Tax Fraud Blotter: Winning big

   Spook central; short of a grand; a low bar; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

2. The 10-second rule

   If you find yourself talking for more than 10 consecutive seconds during a client meeting, stop and ask the client an open-ended question, and give them ample time to respond.

3. Misty Megia steps down as global head of QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program

   Megia, who has headed Intuit’s ProAdvisor and Education Program since 2017, has stepped down to return to entrepreneurship.

4. Financial Accounting Foundation appoints executive director

   The Financial Accounting Foundation, the group that oversees the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, has named acting president John W. Auchincloss as the FAF’s executive director.

5. New taxpayer advocate appointed for the IRS

   Erin Collins, who formerly worked at KPMG and the IRS, will lead the Taxpayer Advocate Service.