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Frank Ross, director of Howard University’s Center for Accounting Education, has been a longtime proponent of increasing diversity in the accounting profession, as the industry once again tries to make headway on the problem.

Four accounting, auditing and financial organizations have teamed up to launch a new anti-fraud Web site with tools to help deter and detect financial reporting fraud.

Tax preparers charge an average of $246 to prepare an itemized Form 1040 with a Schedule A and a state tax return, according to a survey by the National Society of Accountants.

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During his closing keynote of the Winning is Everything conference Jan. 16-18 in Las Vegas, Sir Ken Robinson, author, speaker and advisor on creativity and innovation, challenged attendees to reawaken something he said becomes dormant with adulthood.

The Republican chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, Dave Camp, R-Mich., released a draft document Thursday proposing a series of tax reforms for various types of financial derivatives and other financial products, building on work done by his committee over the past two years.

President Obama nominated former prosecutor Mary Jo White as the next chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Internal Revenue Service is offering guidance on mortgage principal reductions in the federal government’s program for mortgage modifications for borrowers who have fallen behind on their payments.

Sage North America and NetSuite partner SWK Technologies has acquired the Sage business partner accounts of Dallas-based Point Solutions, retaining several personnel and approximately 20 accounts.