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The IRS is granting taxpayers and tax preparers affected by Hurricane Sandy until November 7 to file returns and accompanying payments.

Marketing season is well underway for preparers readying for Tax Season 2013, and a recent discussion on the LinkedIn Tax Business Owners of America group revealed several pointers for preparers.

A new study by tax prep software provider Drake Software reveals that tax preparers have taken to certain avenues of social media such as Facebook and LinkedIn, but that most still have these communication and network tools on the to-do list.

Many tax practitioners focus on improving their efficiency during tax season, but there are plenty of things they can do in advance to ensure success from January to April, according to 2020 Group chairman and CEO Chris Frederiksen.

Accounting firms shouldn’t think that there isn’t a cost to a merger that doesn’t happen -- or worse, one that falls apart -- lawyer and M&A expert Steven Berger told attendees at Accounting Today’s Growth & Profitability Summit.

After New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a “state disaster emergency” for all of the state, Commissioner Thomas Mattox of the Department of Taxation and Finance announced the postponement of certain tax filing and payment deadlines for those directly affected by Hurricane Sandy.

The South Carolina Department of Revenue said that some 3.6 million Social Security numbers and 387,000 credit and debit card numbers have been exposed in a cyber attack.

Koltin Consulting Group CEO Allan Koltin described the best practices of high-performing accounting firms and partners during a keynote speech at Accounting Today’s Growth & Profitability Summit on Tuesday.