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The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that it plans to help U.S. citizens who reside in foreign countries, catch up with their tax-filing obligations and offer assistance to those with foreign retirement plans.

CCH introduced technology Tuesday to allow third-party applications to integrate with its ProSystem fx software, share data and support workflow.

Before saying, “I do,” 78 percent of couples have discussed their personal finances, according to a new survey.

The Maryland Association of CPAs launched its new Center for Transparency, Performance, Management and Accountability using XBRL (TPMAx), with a special XBRL Thought Leader Symposium today.

More than 1,600 Boston PwC employees took part in the office-wide Boston Celebrates day June 22, working on various projects with 14 Massachusetts nonprofits at the Seaport World Trade Center.

Seventy-seven percent of private equity firm predict there will be more attractive investment opportunities in 2012 than in 2011, according to a new survey by Rothstein Kass.

Plante Moran and Blackman Kallick, two of Chicago’s biggest accounting firms, will merge effective July 1, 2012. Together, the two firms employ 2,000 staff members in 22 offices in Illinois, Michigan and Ohio, and three offices internationally. Combined revenue for the firms in 2011 was approximately $375 million.

The International Accounting Standards Board has issued a request for information seeking suggestions on what amendments need to be made to International Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium-sized Entities.

Public companies saw a 5 percent increase in the fees they pay to external auditors last year, while private companies reported a 7 percent rise, according to a new survey from Financial Executives International.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants have decided to make common cause.