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NetSuite Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire human capital management solutions provider TribeHR, with the intent of creating an integrated cloud ERP and HCM software suite for small and midsized businesses.

Greatland, a provider of W-2 and 1099 products for business, is offering advice to help businesses and their tax preparers avoid penalties, improve compliance and know the important changes for year-end, particularly in light of the Affordable Care Act.

After reports surfaced about the discontinuation of SAP Business ByDesign, the company confirmed it is “slowing development” of the cloud ERP product in favor of developing a cloud platform for SMEs.

While the offer of up to a 30 percent reduction in some cloud service provider fees may sound attractive, firms need to consider the risks that may be at play here and ask the right questions.

Mary Kopczynski, CEO of 8of9 Consulting, discusses how the intergovernmental agreements that the U.S. has been negotiating with other countries to facilitate FATCA compliance are affecting U.S. expatriates and citizens abroad, in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

Every firm is working through the succession maze and dealing with the exit of key partners in the firm.

Deloitte & Touche LLP has agreed to pay $2 million to settle charges with the Public Conpany Accounting Oversight Board for violating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules by allowing a former partner to perform or continue to perform activities as an “associated person” that were prohibited while he was subject to a PCAOB suspension order.

The American Institute of CPAs has selected William E. Balhoff, managing director and CEO of Postlethwaite & Netterville, a firm in Baton Rouge, La., as the new chairman of the AICPA’s board of directors.

The Internal Revenue Service announced on Tuesday that it will delay the start of the 2014 tax filing season by as much as two weeks due to delays caused by the recent closure of the federal government.

The American Institute of CPAs has faced a hectic year dealing with problems like the last-minute fiscal cliff deal that delayed tax season, along with the after-effects of Superstorm Sandy and the impact of changes at the Internal Revenue Service that made life difficult for many tax practitioners.