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The Information Technology Alliance (ITA) has appointed Forepoint Inc. president Kevin Cumley to chairman of the board of directors, while Affinity NFP principal Annette Balgord is now vice chairman.

The Private Company Council has released the agenda of its next public meetings, which are scheduled for September 30 and October 1.

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has created a corporate pilot program to guide companies on how to use the board’s standards to report material sustainability issues in their SEC filings.

The Internal Revenue Service continues to have problems with its Collections Due Process Program, according to a recent government report.

Debunking the myth of the $100-per-day fine for not providing ACA-related information to employees

A massive case of organized tax and bank fraud culminated today with the unsealing of four federal grand jury indictments accusing 55 people of participating in one or more illicit schemes, including the theft of more than 2,000 identities that were used to claim more than 420 million in bogus IRS tax refunds. As a result the IRS paid out more than $7 million, even issuing payments in the names of dead people.

Income per equity partner at the nation’s CPA firms jumped 5.5 percent in 2012, climbing to $386,000, according to the recently released 2013 Rosenberg MAP Survey.

Income per equity partner at the nation’s CPA firms jumped 5.5 percent in 2012, climbing to $386,000, according to the recently released 2013 Rosenberg MAP Survey.

Debbie Ray has joined Top 100 Firm Weaver as director of fair lending compliance services in the firm’s financial institutions practice.

Bernard Madoff’s former accountant pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges he helped the convicted con man carry out a Ponzi scheme.