Think outside the spreadsheet: Accounting majors investigate career options.

Many accounting students have their sights set on positions with big accounting firms. That’s certainly an optimal career path. But here’s another: becoming an accountant with a badge, solving financial crimes as a federal …

Faculty Notes

Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems
Irma Becerra-Fernandez (PhD ’94) gave the keynote speech on the first day of the 10th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM) on September 3, 2009. She delivered her talk, …

Be an accountant with a badge: IRS Special Agent Experience shows students how.

On October 23, 2008, members of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigations (CI) unit descended on the College of Business Administration. Fortunately, they arrived not to investigate tax crimes but to host a “Special …

Transfer pricing holds clues to international money laundering, terrorist financing, and more.

Combine an economist, a detective, and a pioneer and you end up with John Zdanowicz, professor and Florida International Bankers Association Chair, Department of Finance and Real Estate in the College of …

Student volunteers put tax expertise to work for Sweetwater residents.

This tax season, 288 taxpayers in Sweetwater, Florida, got the help they needed to prepare and file their 2007 tax returns, thanks to a group of tax-savvy Florida International University students who participated …

Research unravels complexities of taxes on rental properties at sale time.

Sharon Lassar

Though rental properties attract buyers who hope to gain steady income or to enjoy a high return upon their sale, tax law holds many complexities that can affect the profitability of such investments. …

ITA program eases some tax pain.

Myron Lubell

Not only did tax payers get an extra two days to file their returns this year thanks to April 15 falling on a Saturday, but also low-income earners in the area benefited from the …

How-to guide helps tax professionals prepare complex new form for corporations.

Cherie Hennig

Corporate tax filing has just gotten more complicated with the arrival of a new tax form: Schedule M-3 Net Income (Loss) Reconciliation for Corporations with Total Assets of $10 Million …