Practice Management

Hedge accounting software developer Reval has acquired FXpress Corp., a treasury software provider.

Accounting firm Anderson ZurMuehlen and software developer Forepoint have created a QuickBooks Conference Kit that allows CPA firms, QuickBooks ProAdvisors and others to host their own QuickBooks users conferences.

A former IRS district director who worked for a company that promised to reduce the tax liabilities of home-based business owners has been sentenced to two years in prison.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has created an online training resource to help accountants hone their career development plans.

The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, a federal advisory committee of 99 citizen volunteers, made a series of recommendations to the IRS on improving payment installment agreements, the scheduling of audits, fixing problems in 1009 forms and other areas.

Sarbanes-Oxley was the U.S. government’s response to a decade of financial statement frauds that shook the financial community.

Most CPA executives do not support a major government role in health care reform, according to a new survey.

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The use of carbon taxes and other forms of “green” taxation to improve the environment and raise government revenue requires careful planning, recommends a position paper from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Seven New Englanders have been indicted in Boston for conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government after they were accused of promoting multiple tax fraud schemes.