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A recent academic study lends support to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s regulatory oversight of auditing firms, suggesting it gives investors greater confidence in companies, in turn leading to more capital available to businesses.

Hilderbrand & Clark, a CPA firm based in San Ramon, Calif., disclosed it detected unauthorized access to its computer systems from abroad while filing tax returns.

Avalara releases GST compliance tool for India, and XCM adds BDO Canada as a client.

These trial offerings give firms with a way to introduce a new practice area, get feedback and make adjustment before releasing it widely.

LBMC appoints shareholder in information security; Moore Colson promotes seven; and other recent hires, promotions and personnel news from firms across the country.

Two Top 100 Firms, Moss Adams LLP and Hein & Associates LLP, have signed a letter of intent to combine forces, effective Nov. 1, 2017, in one of the biggest accounting firm M&A deals so far this year.

CFOs can use the new tools to help their companies maximize profit and manage aspects of customer relations.

Most Republicans support killing the estate tax as part of a tax overhaul, but doing so could have dire consequences for something else conservatives cherish—charitable giving.

President Donald Trump will spend the next several weeks leading a public campaign in support of a tax overhaul while the White House leaves Republican lawmakers to hash out details of the plan, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn said in an interview with the Financial Times.

Frazier & Deeter opens Las Vegas office; JRBT merges in local Waco practice; and more news from CPA offices across the country.