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Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., has introduced two pieces of legislation to combat corporate tax inversions and tax deferral.

BDO Canada LLP has acquired H&A Forensic Accounting, a Toronto-based professional forensic accounting and advisory firm.

Toshiba Corp. sued three former presidents as the maker of personal computers and power plants tries to recover from accounting irregularities that have led to profit write-downs of more than $1.2 billion over almost seven years.

City Year and Deloitte announced last week that Deloitte is renewing its title as City Year's "National Strategy and Innovation Sponsor" for 2016, with a total investment of more than $1.1 million in cash and pro-bono consulting services.

Disengagement is lowering the profitability and viability of accounting firms across the country – but there are some simple ways to start re-engaging your employees, according to staffing issues expert Sandra Wiley.

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

As waves of changes wash over the accounting profession, firms can’t afford to turn their backs on the future, warned Maryland Association of CPAs chief executive Tom Hood; instead, they need to learn to surf.

The pace of change is accelerating in almost every aspect of the accounting profession, the general economy, and society at large, and accountants must do more just to keep up, warned technology leader Jon Baron.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting action plan is likely to have a major impact on tax planning at multinational corporations by both tax professionals and corporate treasurers.

A significant amount of planning is typically involved before most major events. For example, the D-Day invasion was planned and scheduled with extreme detail months before its execution on June 6, 1944. Likewise, accountants each year experience a tax season that requires detailed planning and precise execution.