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The causes behind Greece’s ever-worsening debt crisis have been attributed to different factors, including widespread tax evasion, harsh austerity measures, an underground economy, and predatory investment banks and hedge funds, but according to one expert, the main culprit is bad accounting.

Becoming a defendant in a lawsuit is not a pleasant experience, and the risk to accountants has risen dramatically in recent years.

The Internal Revenue Service said it will not assert that an individual whose personal information may have been compromised in a data breach must include in gross income the value of the identity protection services provided by the organization that experienced the data breach.

More than 75 percent of accounting firms cited revenue growth as the primary purpose of their marketing efforts, according to a new study of professional services marketing.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued final and temporary regulations removing the automatic 30-day extension of time to file information returns on forms in the W-2 series, with the exception of Form W-2G, in an effort to combat tax-related identity theft, starting in 2017.

The IRS is looking for applicants for vacancies on the Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities, or ACT, which provides advice and public input on the various areas of tax administration served by the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division.

The AICPA announced on Thursday the opening of its 2015 AICPA Accounting Competition. The sixth annual competition, which will award a total of $40,000 to the winning teams, challenges undergraduate students to work together as management accountants to help a business hone their strategic plan, analyzing complex financial issues and recommending strategies for growth and continued success.

Andrea Parness of A Parness Company CPA talks about how technology has evolved in accounting firms and her firm's experiences during Hurricane Sandy with automated backup systems, in a video interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

After years of passing on more and more health-care costs to employees, companies are slowing their adoption of high-deductible plans next year, according to a survey of more than 100 large U.S. employers.