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The Internal Revenue Service reopened its Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program to encourage more taxpayers with assets in undeclared foreign bank accounts to come forward.

The American Institute of CPAs and the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association awarded Robert Chenall with the 2012 Lifetime Contribution Award.

Payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex has acquired Icon Time Systems, an online and PC-based time and attendance products concern for small businesses.

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Japanese camera maker Olympus has filed suit against its former chairman and several other top former and current executives for their roles in helping cover up approximately $1.7 billion in losses.

An Oregon accountant and tax preparer has been sentenced to 60 months’ probation and up to 180 days in a halfway house after he pleaded guilty to tax charges.

Ernst & Young and its affiliates have begun reimbursing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees for any additional federal and state taxes they incur for their same-sex domestic partners’ medical benefits in the U.S., starting Jan. 1, 2012.

Plante Moran is beefing up its construction industry practice by merging in Stuart Franey Matthews & Chantres P.C., a Michigan firm that focuses on contractors.

Retail giant Walmart will be providing free federal 1040EZ tax return filing through its partners H&R Block and Jackson Hewitt at more than 3,000 of its stores this tax season.