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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has developed a new global standard for automatic exchange of tax information among nations in response to a mandate from finance leaders of the G20 countries to combat tax avoidance and evasion.

Cloud-based accounting software developer Intacct and subscription commerce developer Zuora has released a connector that allows users to automate and streamline recurring billing and revenue recognition challenges.

The California Tax Education Council is cautioning tax preparers that they still need to meet state-mandated requirements despite the Internal Revenue Service’s loss in its court appeal to regulate tax preparers.

The New York State Society of CPAs is calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission to tighten its proposed regulations on crowdfunding, arguing the proposals would loosen the rules to the detriment of unwary investors.

Scott Stringer, director of forensic and litigation services at Chicago accounting firm Ostrow Reisin Berk & Abrams, has been elected to the National Children’s Cancer Society Board of Directors.

The International Accounting Education Standards Board has released a paper on the development and management of written examinations for accountants.

Sage North America has named Donald Deshaies vice president of channel management.

Armanino LLP has welcomed long time industry leaders Theresa Brown, Ricardo Martinez and Jeremy Sucharski as partners of the firm

Online accounting software provider Xero announced an expanded U.S. executive team and board of directors Wednesday, appointing Peter Karpas as chief executive officer in North America, Chris Liddell as chairman of the board and Bill Veghte as director of the board.

The states of Arizona, Washington and New Jersey showed the strongest rates of growth in private sector employment in January, while New York lagged behind, according to payroll giant ADP.