Tax Fraud Blotter: Physician, heal thyself 
Through the roof; shell game; delinquent debts; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

IESBA to look into the ethics of PE
The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants is launching a project to determine whether they need to set ethical standards for firms with alternative practice structures.

Wealth manager Americana adds accounting firm
Wealth management firm Americana Partners acquired NRT Consulting, a full-service financial consulting and accounting firm, on Tuesday.

Your firm's burnout problem is killing your AI strategy
Innovation requires exactly what burnout destroys: The mental space to learn. The emotional safety to experiment and fail. The cognitive resources to think strategically.

UK to ease oversight of big audit firms
As part of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's efforts to grow the economy, the UK audit regulator plans to cut the number of inspections it does.

Accordance partners with colleges to teach AI skills
Accordance launched its new Accordance for Academia program, which involves partnerships with universities to use AI to help train the next generation of CPAs.

What accountants get wrong about entrepreneur clients
The advisory gap isn't about services. It's about understanding how business owners actually think.

The 10 worst states for taxes
A recent study calculated which U.S. states put the heaviest tax burden on their residents.

Tax Strategy: Prospects for 2026 tax legislation
Normally, election years are not very active years for tax legislation ... but there are signs this might not be a normal year.

Amateur builds tax prep software with AI
A journalist with no coding or tax prep experience at all has created his own tax filing app but needs experts to stress test it since all the code was written by AI.