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Online tax prep software and service provider TaxSlayer.com is making a name for itself by sponsoring a prominent college bowl game and signing Nascar driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. to get behind the wheel of its TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet.

The Internal Revenue Service issued advice on Friday to employers who outsource their payroll duties to third-party service providers.

Labor unions representing registered nurses have organized protests outside the offices of 61 members of Congress calling on lawmakers to support a Wall Street transaction tax.

Amazon.com is trying to convince California lawmakers to delay a recently passed law imposing sales taxes on online purchases in exchange for creating 7,000 jobs in the state.

Southeast accounting, tax and consulting service firm Elliott Davis was named one of the Best Midlands Companies for Working Moms by the March of Dimes and Greater Columbia Business Monthly.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged in August, with a net gain of zero jobs and the unemployment rate stuck at 9.1 percent.

Tax prep giant H&R Block reported a first-quarter loss of $173.4 million versus a loss of $127.6 million in the year-ago first quarter, which included a $62.2 million after-tax charge related to the pending sale of the RSM McGladrey unit.

Specialty tax software provider Red Moon Solutions has introduced a new Software-as-a-Service tool that manages the audit process, data, and documents in addition to tax risk and improving internal controls.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board have updated the computer-readable tags for their accounting standards and exposed them for public comment.

IMGCAP(1)]Karen Schwartz, CPA, and Kevin Sullivan, CPA, have been promoted to director at Top 100 Firm EisnerAmper LLP.