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Cloud accounting and financial software provider FinancialForce.com has launched FinancialForce Revenue Recognition, the latest addition to its suite of cloud applications built on the Salesforce platform.

Formever Inc. has launched its self-titled business and accounting software, which can be downloaded for the desktop or laptop for free or used in the cloud for a monthly fee.

The American Institute of CPAs announced the ten recipients of the 2013-14 John L. Carey Scholarship, a one-year $5,000 award bestowed to students from liberal arts and other non-traditional business backgrounds who are pursuing graduate accounting degrees and future CPA licensure.

The higher tax rates passed by Congress this year have some top U.S. earners seeking last-minute strategies to lower their tax bite as year-end calculations turn up unpleasant surprises.

Behind the glazed white terra cotta facade of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in New Orleans is a 16-year legal battle with the Internal Revenue Service.

Iron Mountain Inc. and Equinix Inc., two technology companies seeking to convert to real estate investment trusts, said the U.S. Internal Revenue Service is proceeding with work on evaluating their eligibility.

AccountantsWorld has renamed its cloud-based accounting system Accounting Relief as Accounting Power.

Unlike last year, tax planning for 2013 is not hampered by uncertainties over a looming fiscal cliff. Unfortunately, there is always some uncertainty and a few expiring provisions to warrant special attention by taxpayers.