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The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a revised set of proposals for the financial instruments accounting standards it has been working to converge with International Financial Reporting Standards.

Accounting and advisory firm Marcum LLP has introduced an interactive online map that tracks the status of same-sex marriage in each of the 50 U.S. states and how such unions are treated for tax purposes.

The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday that some taxpayers who are trying to e-file from Puerto Rico are unable to do so.

The Treasury Department has signed a bilateral agreement with Switzerland to share tax information in an effort to improve tax compliance and combat international tax evasion.

HP Enterprise Services today released HP AutoFlow, a business process outsourcing product that enables clients to automate core business processes, including finance and accounting.

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

U.S. Tax Court Judge Elizabeth Paris handed the taxpayers a victory last Thursday involving a powerful estate tax planning tool: private annuities.

Sageworks chairman Brian Hamilton offered his assessment of the State of the Union address for private companies.

The Internal Revenue Service has released a report on its recently expanded whistleblower program which now offers higher awards, but the report indicated that the number of taxpayers coming forward to report tax fraud has declined in the past two years.

Intuit has introduced TurboTax CPA Select, an online system geared towards small businesses and consumers looking for someone to do their taxes for them.