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David Weiner, CEO of Microsoft Dynamics partner UXC Eclipse USA, explains how being a technology consultant has changed drastically in the last 25 years and being a VAR is more about service than software than ever.

Software partner veteran Terry Petrzelka, now a valued advisor and consultant to vendors and resellers discusses the top concerns for accounting technology consultants in this monthly Q&A series.

The Internal Revenue Service is auditing dozens of tax-exempt bond-financed jails, particularly in border states, and suggesting in some cases that, if the jails hold significant amounts of federal inmates, the bonds are no longer tax-exempt and are instead taxable private-activity bonds, sources said Thursday.

Americans renouncing U.S. citizenship surged sixfold in the second quarter from a year earlier as the government prepares to introduce tougher asset-disclosure rules.

Check out the digital edition of the August 2013 issue of Accounting Today.

The American Institute of CPAs named Jeremy Dillard, partner of Los Angeles CPA and consulting firm Rivera, Jamjian & Dillard, as winner of the Maximo Mukelabi Award Thursday during an awards lunch at the AICPA’s E.D.G.E. Conference for leadership development in Austin, Texas.

Among the many tax reform issues to be resolved in the months ahead is whether or not to produce a comprehensive tax reform bill or simply one limited to corporate reform.

The Internal Revenue Service’s manual reportedly used to contain instructions on how IRS agents could use information from a special Drug Enforcement Administration program as tips, but would then need to cover up the original source of the information by developing independent evidence if any of it were used in affidavits, court proceedings or investigative files.

CCH has improved navigation and other features in its online IntelliConnect tax and accounting research service, including a redesigned CCH Tax Calendar.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has scheduled a meeting for next Tuesday to consider proposing for public comment a new auditing standard and related amendments to enhance the auditor’s reporting model.