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Online accounting software provider Wave Accounting plans to soon offer a listing of local accountants and bookkeepers on its Web site for small businesses to consult for help.

Some H&R Block offices are offering free filing of tax extensions now through the April 17 tax filing deadline, the company said Monday.

Shoeboxed has become the latest member of the CloudSolutions Alliance, a CPA-focused group formed in 2010 with the goal of educating and gaining further access to firms who would be most interested in their services.

The odds are stacked against corporations whose disputes with the Internal Revenue Service go all the way to the Supreme Court, a new study found.

The commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service warned on Thursday of "a real disaster" for taxpayers next year should Congress miss a December 31 deadline to decide on billions in major tax provisions.

The rapid growth of Islamic finance is increasing pressure on the industry to enter the accounting mainstream, by seeking guidance from the International Accounting Standards Board, the global body which sets the tone for bookkeeping in conventional finance.

A new study has found that the Form 990 tax returns filed by tax-exempt organizations frequently expose the Social Security numbers of tax preparers, donors, employees, scholarship recipients and others to the public.

When I consider the Intuit brand, I personally don’t think “innovation.” I think QuickBooks.

Accounting Today has issued a call for speakers for its 3rd Annual Growth & Profitability Summit, which will be held this year in Boca Raton, Fla., on October 28-30

The April edition of Accounting Today's monthly Accountants Confidence Index reversed a two-month decline, showing positive expectations for the short- and mid-term for the firs time in 2012.