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A group of mostly conservative public policy organizations have sent a letter to members of the House of Representatives asking them to oppose legislation that would require licensing of paid tax preparers.

Business payments company Bill.com announced the Bill.com Network to help companies pay and get paid quickly and securely via the cloud.

The Internal Revenue Service’s delays in processing taxpayer correspondence are lengthening, leading to delayed tax refunds and bigger interest payments from the IRS, according to a new report.

The internal audit function is increasingly providing significant value, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Thumbtack, an online professional services marketplace, today released a new original report: “Beyond the Gig Economy: How New Technologies are Reshaping the Future of Work.” The report investigates the current "gig economy" - a market built on many short-term positions and employees - as well as examining the workforce of the future.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has accepted the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s 2016 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy.

KPMG and IBM announced plans to apply IBM’s Watson cognitive computing technology to KPMG’s professional service offerings, with a focus on auditing services.

Only 24 percent of American consumers are satisfied with the way accounting firms handle their phone calls, according to a new survey.

The Internal Revenue Service has temporarily suspended the Identity Protection PIN tool on its website after security vulnerabilities were discovered in the service, which is intended to help victims of identity theft.

As March 8th marks International Women’s Day, a new report, titled Women in Business 2016: Turning promise into practice (based on the annual Grant Thornton survey of 5,520 businesses in 36 economies) reveals a slight increase of women in senior management positions, from 22% to 24%. Yet approximately one-third of businesses still do not have women in leadership positions.