WebCPA Staff

SAP America Inc., the German software maker’s American subsidiary, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sybase Inc. in a transaction that will bring the two IT giants together to enable companies to take better advantage of mobile technologies and services.

The Institute of Internal Auditors has published a new practice guide to provide an overview of key executive compensation risks that should be understood before assessing whether the controls and governance over executive compensation and benefits programs are effective.

BNA Tax & Accounting has introduced State Tax Nexus Evaluator, a research product that helps businesses and practitioners determine income tax nexus for 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and New York City.

Taxpayers filed over 4.5 million returns with adjusted gross income of $200,000 or more for 2007, up from over 4 million returns in the prior year, according to newly released IRS statistics.

A federal judge in Kansas City, Mo., has permanently barred Allen R. Davison from promoting a variety of tax fraud schemes, including some that used sham companies, sham chicken-flock contracts, and sham pension plans.

Crowe Horwath has appointed a new board chair and trustees for its Crowe Foundation.

Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP was named a Best Company to Work For in New York State in an annual program sponsored by the New York State Society for Human Resource Management.

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has published its 2010 Handbook of International Public Sector Accounting Pronouncements.

Ernst & Young has joined the U.S. State Department’s new E-Mentor Corps program to provide mentorship to entrepreneurs around the world.

The Internal Revenue Service has selected four new members of its Advisory Committee on Tax-Exempt and Government Entities for the term starting in 2010 and ending in 2012.

Grant Thornton LLP has purchased the assets of Dallas-based information technology consulting and software firm Avalion Consulting LLC.

Accounting Today is in the midst of collecting submissions for its 2010 ranking of the Top Firms by AUM.

The National Federation of Independent Business said its Index of Small Business Optimism gained 3.8 points in April, rising to 90.6 and ending seven straight quarters of under 90 readings.

Internet fax service MyFax has introduced a new set of services to help small businesses organize and reduce paper consumption through the Intuit App Center.

A man in Dayton, Ohio, opened fire on an H&R Block employee whom he apparently blamed for making a mistake on his taxes that prompted an IRS audit.

Microsoft unveiled the latest version of its Office suite of desktop productivity software, including significant updates in familiar applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, as well as a new version of SharePoint.

A long-awaited Senate energy and climate change bill is being introduced Wednesday by John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., with several tax provisions that would benefit nuclear power plants.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has released the latest version of its Sabrix Application Suite of global tax software, with added support for transaction taxes in Brazil.

Eighty-four percent of the business professionals surveyed during a recent Deloitte webcast are concerned there may be a “double dip” in the economy.

Sensiba San Filippo has promoted Jeffrey Stark, Kevin Strain and Stephanie Tsiagkas to partner.