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Doug Eckert, CPA, has joined St. Louis-based Brown Smith Wallace as a tax services member to lead the firm's international tax practice.

CCH plans to participate in the SAP EcoHub marketplace.

A majority of banking executives believe they will have a difficult time addressing the tax implications of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Basel III accords, according to a new survey.

Online invoicing provider Bill.com has expanded its mobile services for small and midsized businesses and accounting and bookkeeping firms with new accountants receivable and collaboration features.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to adopt rules to establish a whistleblower program that rewards individuals who provide the agency with high-quality tips that lead to successful enforcement actions.

Enhanced pre-refund compliance checks would enable the Internal Revenue Service to help confirm taxpayers' identity, quickly and efficiently correct some errors with virtual certainty, and identify and audit some returns before refunds are issued, according to a new government report that fueled a debate in Congress over refundable tax credits.

The Internal Revenue Service found over 245,000 identity theft incidents last year, according to a new government report that assessed the IRS’s efforts to stem the growing problem, as victims testified before the Senate.

IMGCAP(1)]Meet the new IRS. The kinder, gentler IRS. It’s an agency with processes that are fast becoming structured, streamlined—and strangely quiet. Quiet, that is, except on paper.

Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Schapiro told an accounting group that “investors are not as confident as they could be” in accountants, and she plans to make some changes.

Cloud-based paperless tax workflow technology provider Copanion has officially joined the CloudSolutions Alliance, a CPA-focused group formed in 2010 by Fujitsu and sales tax service provider SpeedTax, with the goal of educating and gaining further access to firms who would be most interested in their services.