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Blucora announced a partnership with online portfolio advisor Financial Guard to provide Blucora’s TaxAct customers with an integrated, automated advisory platform.

Leaders of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board pledged Tuesday to continue their work together, even after completing their major convergence projects for harmonizing standards.

Brixey & Meyer has expanded its presence in Cincinnati by acquiring a second CPA firm in the area, Kamphaus, Henning & Hood.

Internal Auditor magazine recently announced their "Emerging Leaders" for 2016. The 15 candidates, all 30 years old or under, "share a passion for adapting to the rapidly evolving challenges faced by internal audit," per the publication.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a report Tuesday on its 2015 inspection of KPMG LLP, finding problems with 20 of the 49 companies whose audits by the firm were inspected.

BDO Consulting has expanded its forensic technology services practice by adding the e-Discovery practice of Key Discovery, a litigation support service provider based in Boston.

According to a recent survey via British finance career resource WikiJob, over 70% of respondents pursuing a career in accounting were concerned about automation reducing their professional roles over the next two decades.

The CFO Alliance has released a study examining the compensation programs offered to CEOs, CFOs, controllers, accounting managers and marketing and sales executives at mid-market companies.

The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to withdraw and, if necessary, re-propose their rules for the valuation of interests in corporations and partnerships for estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax purposes.