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SaaS-based human resources, payroll, and financial management product maker Workday Inc. has released Workday 16, which offers more than 128 new enhancements and features including HTML5 for mobile.

The International Federation of Accountants has written a letter encouraging the G-20 deputies and finance ministers to take action at their April 2012 meeting in Mexico to encourage governments to seriously address the quality of public sector financial management systems and institutions.

A Jersey City school teacher has been arrested by special agents working for the IRS’s Criminal Investigation division after he was charged with allegedly preparing fraudulent income tax returns for clients and failing to report some of the income he earned from preparing tax returns.

Texas-based accounting and consulting firms Whitley Penn and Null-Lairson have agreed to combine, effective May 1, expanding Whitley Penn’s presence across the Lone Star state.

It’s been said that you can’t tell the players without a scorecard. Where I need a scorecard is to figure out which tax provisions expired at the end of 2011, and those slated to give up the ghost at the end of 2012. Luckily, the Joint Economic Committee has a Web site that lists all of the expiring provisions of recent memory, together with the dates they expired or will expire.

The House has approved Republican-backed legislation to provide a tax cut of up to 20 percent for one year to companies with fewer than 500 employees.

Recent memberships, awards, conferences, seminars and more at accounting firms across the country.

Recent hires, promotions, awards, credentials and designations for staff and partners at accounting firms across the country.

Dan Druker, senior vice president of marketing at cloud-based financial and accounting software provider Intacct Corp., has quietly left the company after nearly five years of service.

Internal Revenue Service and Treasury officials faced questions from Congress on Thursday over how well the IRS is responding to taxpayer identity theft concerns and efforts to close the growing tax gap.