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Ireland is about to get a new biggest company, and it’s only a little smaller than the nation’s entire economy.

The Internal Revenue Service has upgraded the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Online Registration System, enabling sponsoring entities such as foreign banks to register their sponsored entities to obtain a global intermediary identification number.

Ernst & Young has released the EY Tax Guide 2016, adding new chapters of information on tax preparation.

EisnerAmper announced a pair of mergers Monday, with Mallah Furman in South Florida and Ueltzen & Company in California.

The Internal Revenue Service does not always penalize employers who fail to respond to requests to resolve discrepancies in the wage information reported to the federal government, according to a new report.

Moss Adams has agreed to combine with Spokane, Wash.-based financial services consulting firm Contineo.

Vanguard Group Inc. has reached an agreement to pay several million dollars in back taxes in Texas, the first known payout related to a whistle-blower’s accusation that the world’s biggest mutual-fund company underpaid its taxes by tens of billions of dollars.

Our weekly roundup of tax-related investment strategies and news your clients may be thinking about.

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service has opened for the next season with a new Year-End Tax Planner service that will estimate 2015 taxes and refunds.