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Deloitte vice chairman and chief inclusion officer Deb DeHaas discusses the firm's efforts to expand its hiring of military veterans, in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

Growing confidence in the U.S. economy is driving plans for expansion among the CEOs of privately held companies, according to a new survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Lawrence Kahn, managing director and president of Top 100 firm Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd, is ready to retire after 40 years with the firm. Kahn will start his retirement on May 31, 2014.

The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee approved $310 billion of tax breaks, as Republicans defeated Democratic objections to the plan’s budgetary costs.

CCH has published a new tax briefing examining recent federal tax developments and strategies for this past tax season, and how they may affect taxpayers in future tax seasons.

The American Institute of CPAs has issued new technical practice aids to help accountants dealing with recent changes by the Financial Accounting Standards Board stemming from recommendations from the Private Company Council.

The Internal Revenue Service is modifying and clarifying the regulations under Section 367(b) of the Tax Code relating to the treatment of property used to acquire parent stock or securities in certain triangular reorganizations involving foreign corporations, colloquially referred to as the “Killer B regulations,” to close loopholes in the anti-abuse rules.

Avalara announced it has acquired the entire line of Zytax energy-related tax automation solutions for U.S. and international jurisdictions.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to amend the regulations for the treatment of U.S. taxpayers who own passive foreign investment company stock through tax-exempt organizations.

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, persona is the way you behave, talk, etc., with other people that causes them to see you as a particular kind of person.