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Sartain Fischbein & Co. has agreed to merge into the Top 100 Firm Eide Bailly LLP. The deal will close on June 1, 2015.

Marks Paneth's managing partner, Mark Levenfus will succeed Jean-Pierre Larroze as chairman.

The IRS’s scrutiny of tax avoidance in offshore locations has discouraged bidders from taking over reinsurers, potentially reducing the companies’ value.

Avalara launched SALT-in-a-Box, a no-cost program for accountants and bookkeepers to help their clients proactively identify and address SALT compliance issues.

New York University Stern School of Business has announced a new one-year, full-time Master of Science in Accounting that will begin accepting qualified college graduates to start in the fall semester 2016. This program will satisfy the 150-credit-hour education requirement needed as a prerequisite for New York State’s CPA certification.

The American Institute of CPAs’ governing council approved a resolution authorizing the development of two new credentials for fair value measurement at the AICPA’s Spring Meeting of Council in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

American Institute of CPAs president and CEO Barry Melancon told AICPA members at the Spring Meeting of Council in Washington, D.C., on Monday about the Institute’s efforts to improve audit quality and the peer review process.

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

There are accountants who only do accounting and accountants who also do other things such as selling financial products and doing deals with the client. There is nothing wrong with this, but with some very minor exceptions, I never did the other things.

The Financial Accounting Foundation has released its 2014 annual report, which focuses on its recently released strategic plan.