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Changes to the tax laws at the beginning of the year resulted in a delayed tax season in which the average tax refund declined slightly, according to a new government report.

This week's medicine will go down with a bit more than a spoonful of Sugar, with SugarCRM being in the news quite a bit as well as some other various musings that don't involve songs from our youth.

Helen Brand, chief executive of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, discusses the ACCA's 14-part exam and how it compares with the AICPA's four-part Uniform CPA Exam.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the former partner in charge of KPMG's Pacific Southwest audit practice and his friend with insider trading on nonpublic information about firm clients.

Faye Business Systems Group(FayeBSG) has started a reseller program that offers other SugarCRM partners the opportunity to provide services, integrationd and customizations that they may previously have not been able to offer.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board plans to host six forums across the country on auditing in the small business environment, starting in June.

Several tax preparers in New York City and Long Island have been arrested and prosecuted after investigations into the filing of false state and federal income tax returns.

Twelve employees of Irvine, Calif.-based accounting firm White Nelson Diehl Evans recently raised $1,830 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, which battles cancer that afflicts children and adults.

Freed Maxick CPAs has expanded its technology consulting practice, offering a new PCI data security service line for clients who are required to be compliant with the security standard.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has voted unanimously to adopt rules requiring broker-dealers, mutual funds, investment advisers, and certain other entities regulated by the agency to adopt programs to detect red flags and prevent identity theft.