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

Former SpeedTax public relations director and accounting technology industry veteran Brian Austin has joined SaaS-based sales tax automation service provider Avalara in a newly created position as director of accountant and industry relations.

Accounting Today is soliciting submissions for its 2011 Technology Pacesetters list, which honors top-flight resellers in the accounting and ERP software marketplace.

Jangkeun "Paul" Han, CPA, will lead the operations of the new Korean Business Services office of Rödl Warren Averett LLC, in Auburn.

Amazon.com has reportedly clinched a tentative deal with legislative leaders in California to begin collecting sales taxes in September 2012 in exchange for dropping a voter referendum drive aimed at repealing a recently passed law that would require online retailers to collect sales taxes.

A Bronx tax preparer has been sentenced to 63 months in prison for preparing false tax returns using the identities of dead children, while another preparer in Southern California faces prison time for claiming up to 20 non-existent children as dependents.

CFOs are predicting an increase in hiring in the fourth quarter of this year, according to a survey by staffing company Robert Half International.

When I’m interviewing accountants for positions inside companies, I’m always amazed at how few of them have a solid understanding of internal control.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has added a new project to its crowded agenda: the impairment of intangible assets with indefinite lives.

A bipartisan trio of senators has introduced legislation that would foster the growth of S corporations owned by Employee Stock Ownership Plans, or S-ESOPs.