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A roundup of accounting firm mergers and acquisitions

An tax preparer was sentenced to 57 months in prison for filing false claims with the Internal Revenue Service using the identification of a dead tax return preparer whose practice he had acquired and preparing false documents for numerous fraudulent loans and tax returns.

Jetpack Workflow has launched its cloud-based client management system for small to medium-sized accounting firms and accounting professionals.

UHY Advisors NY announced on Tuesday that it will commemorate its 50th anniversary by donating $50,000 to the New York chapters of national nonprofit organizations dedicated to fighting disease and improving the lives of children.

Dube & Cuttini Chartered Accountants, of Kitchener, Canada, is merging with BDO Canada. The combination is to take effect on Jan. 1, and Dube & Cuttini will operate under the BDO name.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has rounded up its annual list of quirky sales tax laws for 2014.

Consultant Kristen Rampe discusses the reasons why accountants should play a greater role in marketing and business development at their firms, in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn at Accounting Today's Growth & Profitability Summit in Boca Raton, Fla.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board said Thursday the the 2015 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy is now available, although it is pending final acceptance by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Tax Court held that the owner of a construction company who paid to sponsor his son’s motocross racing activities could deduct the payments since he was able to show that this helped him bring in business.