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President-elect Barack Obama has named Mary Schapiro as the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, replacing Christopher Cox.

CBIZ is acquiring Tofias in a deal estimated at $55 million as the accounting provider expands its reach across the Northeast to the New England area.

KPMG saw its member firms' combined revenues around the world grow by 14.5 percent to $22.69 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008.

Marcum & Kliegman has created a task force to advise investors who may have been defrauded by Bernard Madoff and his investment management business.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to make it easier for financially troubled homeowners to avoid federal tax liens that block them from selling their homes or refinancing their mortgages.

Worldwide revenue for the BDO International network, which includes U.S. member firm BDO Seidman, grew to $5.145 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, a 9 percent increase from last year.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued new guidance on implementing the recently amended tax return preparer penalty, which punishes tax preparers for taking "unreasonable positions" on tax liabilities.

Local Maryland accounting firms DeLeon & Stang and Berger & Hillman plan to merge at the end of the year.

Leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee wrote to President-elect Barack Obama asking him to end the Internal Revenue Service's private debt collection service.

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