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The Republican National Committee plans to hold a vote Friday on a resolution calling for the repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has launched the FASB Outlook, a new quarterly e-newsletter designed to keep people informed about FASB’s current projects and activities.

Leaders of accounting firms may view the ethical environment differently from their staff members, according to a new study.

Employers remain in a holding pattern through 2014 regarding a provision of the Affordable Care Act that the Internal Revenue Service is not yet enforcing.

Chinese affiliates of the four largest accounting firms were barred for six months from leading audits for U.S.-listed companies after failing to comply with Securities and Exchange Commission orders for documents at the heart of a series of accounting fraud probes.

The IRS Return Preparer Office has updated total numbers of federal return preparers who hold PTINs.

Sage, Epicor and Intacct partner e2b teknologies Inc. has hired Frank Nisenboum as its new vice of enterprise sales for ERP and CRM.

Many of my stories occurred many years ago—some are from a half century ago—so the question is, are they still relevant and why am I telling them now?

The new updates that the Financial Accounting Standards Board has just released for goodwill and interest rate swaps make good on its promise to follow up on the suggestions of the Private Company Council that FASB’s parent organization, the Financial Accounting Foundation, established less than two years ago.

The Massachusetts Society of CPAs has selected Eileen P. McAnneny, an executive with Fidelity Investments, as its new president and CEO.