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A federal judge is allowing a shareholder lawsuit to proceed against a group of auditing firms that signed off on audits of China Expert Technology, a company they have accused of committing accounting fraud.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board are giving accountants, businesses and various other constituents one more chance (at least) to comment on their latest leasing proposals.

The IRS’s Taxpayer Advocate Service may be pursuing relatively minor issues instead of truly systemic problems, according to a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

Time capture tool creator Chrometa’s eponymous flagship software is now compatible with QuickBooks.

The CFA Institute, the administrator of the CFA and CIPM exam programs, has partnered with IASeminars, a provider of IFRS training, to offer a series of IFRS programs.

The Internal Revenue Service is asking for feedback on its plans to update its rules for how its Office of Appeals should communicate with other parts of the IRS about taxpayer disputes without the taxpayers or their representatives in the room.

A federal appeals court has affirmed a Tax Court ruling in favor of a couple who had asked the Internal Revenue Service to sell their shares of stock to pay the money they owed for failing to report income from a check-cashing scheme.

IMGCAP(1)]On May 25, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued its final rules implementing the new whistleblower program of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

SIB Development & Consulting has formed a strategic partnership with BookKeeping Express to offer SIB’s services for reducing businesses’ monthly expenses through BookKeeping Express’s 30-plus franchise locations.

Elisabeth Fraser Au-Yeung has joined Sensiba San Filippo LLP as vice president of marketing.