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Despite all the new tax regulations, registration requirements, and the promise of new tax legislation, there’s one thing that return preparers can eliminate from their worry list: tax strategy patents.

The Securities and Exchange Commission may not be the first federal agency that comes to mind when one recalls the events of September 11, but the SEC’s involvement with Lower Manhattan has always been a close one.

President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress on Thursday evening to present a jobs bill containing an expansion of the payroll tax cut, tax breaks for new hires and salary raises, and other tax reform measures.

The Senate approved a patent reform bill on Thursday containing provisions that eliminate patents on tax strategies.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a subpoena enforcement action against Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s member firm in Shanghai seeking documents related to an investigation of possible fraud by a longtime client, Longtop Financial Technologies Limited.

Sage North America vice president of partner sales Pascal Van Dooren is departing the company on Oct. 4, the latest in a string of high-level executive exits at the software company.

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Ohio CPA, business and financial advisory firm Skoda Minotti was named a NorthCoast 99 award winner for excellence in attracting, motivating and retaining top performers by the Employer’s Resource Council.

The National Society of Accountants, Alexandria, elected a new slate of officers for 2011-2012 at its 66th annual meeting, in Anchorage, Alaska