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Zen99, a company that aims to simplify taxes for self-employed workers, has released a ranking of the best cities for independent, self-employed accountants.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US has introduced the CCH International Tax Compliance Calendar, an interactive tool that delivers key deadline dates to tax professionals for up to 112 tax jurisdictions around the world.

The Trustees of the IFRS Foundation, the oversight body of the International Accounting Standards Board, announced Wednesday the membership of the Accounting Standards Advisory Forum for the next three years.

The Internal Revenue Service awarded $18.8 million in contracts to 17 corporations with federal tax debt during fiscal years 2012 and 2013 despite a legal prohibition from doing business with corporations that owe back taxes, according to a new government report.

It’s unfortunate, but probably true, that many of us--me included--haven’t sat down and actually planned out our networks.

More than 800 CPAs and their colleagues participated in Pennsylvania’s inaugural "CPA Week of Service," coordinated by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA). Members of the state association, as well as their friends and colleagues improved more than 65 communities across the state during the week-long event.

CohnReznick LLP has appointed outgoing co-CEO Ken Baggett as the firm’s first chairman of the board and elected Kevin Clancy, Risa Lavine and Ira Weinstein as members of the executive board.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has debuted a new video interview series, Tax Talk, in which reporters talk with leaders in the world of tax and finance.

Conference season is in full swing! I just returned from the AICPA Practitioners Symposium and Tech + Conference in Orlando. My suitcase isn’t even unpacked and I’m thinking about Sage Summit in July, (ping me for a special coupon code) and looking ahead into the fall with CCH User Conference in October.

A new mobile app called Swipefin is aiming to become the “Tinder of tax prep” by using the same swipe left and right movements employed by the popular dating app, in this case for tracking deductible business expenses.