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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.

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.

Supreme Court nominee wrote a brief on behalf of the IRS in a far-reaching tax case that could come before the Supreme Court.

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.

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.

The two chairmen of recently united firms Mazars and Weiser LLP said they anticipate further expansion.

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.