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The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees, as well as amendments to other standards from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

New hires, promotions and people moves in the accounting profession.

A dose of this week’s office moves, tools, industry reports and charity updates.

Harry Moseley has joined KPMG LLP as the firm’s chief information officer. Moseley succeeds Richard Anderson, who is retiring.

Cloud and mobile point of sale (POS) product maker SalesVu has released a free integration module between its mobile POS offering and QuickBooks Online and desktop products.

Midwest regional leader Anders Minkler & Diehl LLP announced plans to add Huber, Ring, Helm & Co., to its practice.

Cloud-based corporate performance management and business intelligence software provider Adaptive Planning has named David Pefley as its new chief financial officer, charged with leading the finance, HR and administration teams and aiding company growth.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released a proposal for comment to improve reporting on expected credit losses on loans and other financial assets held as investments by banks, financial institutions and other public and private organizations.

Interactive Data Corp., a provider of evaluated pricing, valuation and reference data services, has released a new set of enhancements to its fixed income transparency tool Vantage, which are designed to effectively meet requirements of both the buy-side and sell-side in the evaluated pricing process.

TaxACT, provider of digital and download tax preparation solutions, recently announced a Facebook-based Student Loan Relief and Cash Prize Giveaway Sweepstakes for students trying to pay down their school debt.