WebCPA Staff

Technology integrator Net@Work has agreed to take over Solution Strategists’ Sage software practice, including all Sage accounting, enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management products.

The National Small Business Association has released a report showing that small business collectively could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 259 million tons each year if they improved their energy efficiency by just 25 percent through a mechanism known as on-bill financing.

The House has passed a bill to examine the impact of the bank bailout on lending to small businesses.

The group overseeing the International Accounting Standards Board has written to President Obama and the other G-20 leaders saying it is following the G-20 recommendations for dealing with fair value accounting for loans, after banking interests charged that it was not.

A federal judge in San Francisco has issued permanent injunctions barring four individuals from promoting what a government lawsuit describes as a complex tax-fraud scheme involving several entities located around the globe.

The IRS has issued a new tax rule that will allow commercial real estate borrowers to proactively discuss possible modifications to securitized loans that are at risk of default without triggering tax penalties.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., has introduced his own version of long-awaited health care reform legislation, without a public option for health insurance.

Financial advisors and wealth managers are doing better with their business-building efforts by using marketing and social media, according to a new survey.

An IRS employee has been indicted by a federal grand jury for stealing mail that had been delivered to an IRS service facility.

The recession has prompted more people to worry about proper retirement planning, according to a new survey.

The Tax Court has denied a Brooklyn tax lawyer’s attempt to claim over $100,000 in payments for prostitutes and pornography as medical expense deductions.

CCH has introduced a new research product with up-to-date information on 20 jurisdictions that offer low tax rates.

An organization representing major life and property/casualty insurance and reinsurance companies has criticized a new measurement approach for insurance contracts recommended by the staff of the International Accounting Standards Board.

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine has declared Sept. 13 to 19 to be Virginia Certified Public Accountants Week.

XBRL US, the organization responsible for standardizing data-tagged financial reporting in the United States, is launching the XBRL US Labs, which will perform commissioned research for partners in the private and public sectors.

CCH has launched the CCH Learning & Development Academy, a training program for accounting firms of all sizes.

Intuit has signed a deal to acquire personal finance site Mint.com for approximately $170 million cash.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to hold the last of its public forums on improving tax preparer standards at the end of the month, featuring panelists from the tax software industry and unenrolled preparers.

A federal grand jury has indicted an Arizona accountant and an attorney for participating in an offshore tax shelter scheme.

The American Institute of CPAs has published a free guide to help people plan for eldercare and manage the period leading up to the end of life.