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Imposing a minimum tax on millionaires to ensure they don’t pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries under the so-called “Buffett Rule” promoted by President Obama would not raise enough revenue to replace the alternative minimum tax, according to a new congressional study.

This month, I celebrated the one year anniversary of being in business for myself. As I reflected on the year and had some conversations with some trusted people I know, one topic kept coming up: being busy.

Officials from the Internal Revenue Service are sending the message that the recent regulations for reporting on foreign account holdings are aimed at making the requirements easier to manage.

Online accounting software provider Xero has partnered with the American Society of Women Accountants to support the organization’s educational programming.

External audits could play a larger role in providing information to the regulators and supervisors of financial institutions, and the effectiveness of the regulation of external audits—particularly of financial institutions—could be enhanced, according to an international regulatory body.

Following the attention of last year’s series, Timonium, Md.-headquartered CPA, tax and consulting firm KatzAbosch have released a second season of its animated sketch show, “Gotta Love Tax Season,” posting the first episode on its YouTube channel.

The New York tabloids have been filled with headlines in recent weeks about the so-called “soccer mom madam” scandal, and there is now an accounting angle.

Teachers across the country are competing for H&R Block Dollars & Sense personal finance curriculum grants for their high school students.

A group of Senate Republicans is increasing the pressure on the Internal Revenue Service to grant tax-exempt status to political organizations.

Georgia Southern University’s Center for Forensic Studies in Accounting and Business will host the sixth annual Fraud and Forensic Accounting Education Conference this May, gathering together investigators, accountants, academics and attorneys.