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Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Many small business owners who received tax refunds plan to invest the money in their businesses, according to a new survey.

The Vatican’s Holy See has suspended its contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers but stressed that the suspension is not due to problems with PwC’s work.

As a general rule, the cost of commercial real estate improvements is recovered over a painfully long period of 39 years via straight line depreciation only.

Rebecca Newton-Clarke, a senior editor/author at Thomson Reuters’ Checkpoint, discusses some of the sales tax issues that are relevant to e-commerce, including nexus, in this video.

Global shipping and international trade have been reserved historically for big companies with the resources required to manage the disparate steps involved in moving shipments worldwide. After managing “big trade” for some of the largest companies in the world, I believe the real global trade opportunity is with small and midsize businesses. But SMBs are likely flying blind (and under your radar); they need your help.

Top 100 firm RubinBrown announced several leadership changes Tuesday, with Jim Castellano stepping down as chairman when his term expires on May 31 and managing partner John Herber succeeding him as chairman.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has proposed to simplify the complicated capital depreciation rules for businesses.

Cloud performance management provider Adaptive Insights announced enhancements to its Adaptive Suite.

The annual Rosenberg Survey of CPA firm management is preparing to get underway.