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The Internal Revenue Service said Monday that farmers and fishermen who miss this year’s March 2 tax deadline because they are receiving corrected premium tax credit forms from the Healthcare.gov health insurance marketplace will have until April 15, 2015, to file their 2014 returns and pay any tax due.

Effective task management is hinged on personal preference, explaining the many list managers available.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released finalized guidance on accounting and financial reporting issues related to fair value measurements, primarily applying to investments made by state and local governments.

The Internal Revenue Service has released a notice that provides guidance to employers on the requirements for employee consents used by an employer to support a claim for refund of over-collected Social Security tax and Medicare tax.

Terri Polley, president and CEO of the Financial Accounting Foundation, sat down with our managing editor, Tamika Cody, to discuss the importance of women finding their voices in the accounting profession, and the challenges of finding women to fill leadership roles.

To help professionals assess their options, the AICPA will hold a March 5 webcast, Understanding the Impact of Legalized Marijuana on the CPA Profession. A panel of experts from the AICPA, as well as representative from Aon Corp., will discuss implications from an ethics, tax, auditing and attest services, and insurance standpoint.

Gilead Sciences Inc., whose $1,000-a-pill hepatitis C treatment is one of the world’s most expensive drugs, is avoiding billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by booking profits overseas.

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases, including the scammers who targeted the head of a state tax agency.

Xero’s Jamie Sutherland and Intraprise TechKnowlogies’ Donny Shimamoto sat down for a conversation about the cloud and its role in accounting firms; here, they discuss how firms may be losing staff because they’re not adapting fast enough, and different ways they can explore the cloud.

The introduction of cloud computing technology has rapidly shifted worldwide consumer behavior and expectations.