Daniel Hood

Payroll giant Paychex Inc. announced that it grew its total revenue 7 percent in the second quarter of its fiscal 2016, to $722.4 million.

Local firms Mellott & Mellott and Thomas Heldman CPA and Associates announced that they will be merging effective Jan. 1, 2016.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued three exposure drafts with reporting guidance related to fiduciary activities, certain asset retirement obligations, and pension issues.

Ineffective monitoring of refunds and a computer programming error caused the Internal Revenue Service to issue more than $46 million in erroneous refunds, according to a new report.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board announced that it plans to issue a final standard on the recognition and measurement of financial instruments in the first week of 2016.

Local CPA firms Hurley, Williams & Cook PS and Ball & Treger LLP have merged to create the Hearthstone CPA Group.

The Internal Revenue Service will begin accepting individual tax returns on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, it announced today.

Chief financial officers and corporate finance teams are taking on a larger role in protecting companies from cyber-risks, according to a new survey.

The omnibus spending bill signed into law last week gives the Internal Revenue Service an additional $290 million in funds – but it must be spent only taxpayer services and efforts against tax-related identity theft.

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