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Helen Brand, chief executive of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, talks about ACCA's alliance with the Institute of Management Accountants and how she views the international expansion efforts of the American Institute of CPAs.

Members of the Accounting Standards Advisory Forum held their inaugural meeting in London on Monday and Tuesday and signed a joint memorandum of understanding under which the standard-setters from around the world will provide advice to the International Accounting Standards Board.

The Internal Revenue Service is planning an 18 percent reduction in its audits of large businesses in the current fiscal year, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue has not established effective processes to ensure that its Privacy Impact Assessments are completed in a timely way, and are updated and made publicly available, with privacy policies posted on public Web sites for all required systems and collections of information, according to a new government report.

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Sales and use tax software provider Avalara has formed a strategic alliance with the Kansas Society of CPAs.

Banks and other financial institutions are beginning to work more closely with the Internal Revenue Service and law enforcement authorities on safeguarding taxpayers from identity thieves who steal tax refunds.

The former president and treasurer of the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors has been accused of embezzling over $30,000 from the organization.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Mary Jo White to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, putting the former U.S. attorney in charge of an agency that has failed to satisfy critics with its response to the financial crisis.

The Internal Revenue Service has released a draft version of the form that financial institutions will use to register in accordance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA.