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The Republican-controlled House voted Wednesday evening to repeal President Obama’s landmark health care reform law, but the measure is not expected to come to a vote in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

CBIZ Tofias has helped several of its life sciences clients in Massachusetts gain $2.5 million in tax incentives from the state government.

A trio of senators is urging the Internal Revenue Service to share information with the Bureau of Prisons to prevent more prisoners from committing tax fraud from within their jail cells.

President Obama has issued an executive order directing federal agencies to consider the costs and benefits of regulations both new and old.

A former CPA who owned Airport Medical Supply, in Van Nuys, Calif., was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to health care fraud and tax charges detailed in a plea agreement filed by prosecutors last year.

Ernst & Young’s member firm in Israel — Kost, Forer, Gabbay & Associates — has acquired the professional services arm of Hacktics Ltd., an Israel-based security organization that protects against cyberspace attacks.

Bartolomei Pucciarelli has merged in the accounting practice of Joseph H. Schwendt, CPA, expanding the firm’s client base in New Jersey.

The Internal Revenue Service has introduced new regulations aimed at encouraging more whistleblowers to report on corporate tax problems by making it easier for them to collect on their claims.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to conduct more research to identify the needs and preferences of small business and self-employed taxpayers, according to a new government report.

Buyers who skip evaluating IT systems of a target company may be making a very expensive mistake, according to accounting and consulting firm Crowe Horwath.