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In compiling this year’s VAR 100, we surveyed a wide swath of the industry to effectively frame the last year of business for these accounting software resellers, consultants and solutions providers.

The Senate Finance Committee passed a tax extenders bill Tuesday with a bipartisan vote of 23 to 3 that extends over 50 tax breaks for two years.

The AICPA announced on Tuesday that Jeremy Weaver, a financial planner and investment manager with PlanFIRST in South Carolina, has been awarded the 2015 P. Thomas Austin Personal Financial Planning Division Scholarship. Weaver was presented with the scholarship earlier today at the AICPA Estate Planning Conference in Salt Lake City.

Marc Rosenberg of Rosenberg Associates has published a new how-to guide for facilitating accounting firm partner retreats.

As I sit here at my computer looking out the window, dreaming of the sun, a cool breeze, a tropical beverage, an intriguing book, lots of laughs, a ton of exploration, and the warmth of my family’s impending Hawaiian vacation, I am committing sin number one on ensuring a productive summer.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to make changes in its determination letter program for retirement plans in an effort to save money.

Tax assessments from the Internal Revenue Service’s Automated Underreporter Program have increased 85 percent in recent years, although the accuracy-related penalties were not always applied, according to a new report.

New York-based accounting firm Citrin Cooperman has introduced a new tagline, “Focus on What Counts,” as part of a rebranding initiative that also includes a new video with comments from the firm’s management.

Four out of five family-owned businesses in the United States are not ready for succession, according to a new study by the accounting firm Baker Tilly.

Toshiba Corp. President Hisao Tanaka and his two predecessors quit after investigators found that the Japanese conglomerate inflated earnings by at least $1.2 billion since the global financial crisis.