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Schafer & Associates P.C., an accounting firm based in Billings, Mont., will become part of Eide Bailly LLP, a regional CPA and business advisory firm, on Dec. 14.

Avalara announced that EY has licensed the Avalara Return Excise Enterprise compliance platform to provide compliance services to its fuel and environmental excise tax clients.

A roundup of recent announcements from accounting firms and companies across the country.

Earlier this month, marketing coaching and consulting firm ConvergenceCoaching released the final findings from their 2015 Anytime, Anywhere Work Survey results. The Work Survey sought to collect information about "the adoption of flexible work initiatives within public accounting firms." Convergence's latest findings asked firms what measures are being used to "gauge success [with staff] and how those play into a firm’s anytime, anywhere work culture."

With qualified accountants of all levels of experience hard to come by these days, some firms are starting to wonder if they should look beyond the profession for staff.

For filing season 2016, the Internal Revenue Service will test a capability to verify the authenticity of W-2 data as part of a series of steps to combat tax-related ID theft and refund fraud.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

New surveys offer proof of its increasing value to firms

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

Ernst & Young LLP was found liable by a jury for its failure to vet financial audits backed by con man Bernie Madoff’s accountant in the first trial of an auditor over losses tied to the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history.