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The IRS’s Taxpayer Advocate Service needs to take better care to make sure that the grant funds it provides to Low Income Taxpayer Clinics are used appropriately, according to a new report.

Former FBI assistant director Daniel D. Roberts has joined Top 100 Firm Rehmann as a principal and director of governmental investigations and compliance for the firm's Corporate Investigative Services unit, where he will lead the development of the firm's direct and subcontractor work with state and federal entities.

Brandon L. Cook, CPA, has been named a partner in the Tax Services Group of Greenwalt CPAs.

Hollie Pickert, an audit senior at Top 100 Firm Whitley Penn LLP, will be spending three months in the Melbourne, Australia, office of Nexia ASR, through a secondment program run by Nexia International.

Electronic document management software developer eFileCabinet Inc. has partnered with QuickBooks integrated inventory control software provider Fishbowl, in an agreement for the companies to integrate and co-sell each other’s products.

Paycheck sizes have fallen 1.3 percent year-to-date at small businesses, according to figures from payroll processor SurePayroll, with hiring also declining 2.4 percent.

Sales and use taxes continue to rise on average nationwide, according to a new report, with an average combined rate in mid-2011 of 9.63 percent, compared to 9.61 at the end of 2010.

Small businesses hired 50,000 more employees in July and significantly increased their hours and compensation, according to figures from Intuit’s Online Payroll clients.

Private sector employment increased by 114,000 from June to July, according to payroll giant ADP, with small businesses adding 58,000 jobs.

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