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A new survey by Thomson Reuters found a perceived increase of 80 percent in audits of indirect taxes such as value-added taxes.

Deloitte said Monday it has purchased substantially all of the assets of Oco Inc., a developer of Software as a Service business analytics systems.

The Internal Revenue Service is investigating financial improprieties at the tax-exempt Kabbalah Centre.

CCH has partnered with Comtax to offer the Comtex System international taxation software in the U.S.

Accounting Today and iLumen have introduced WebCPA Client Connection, an online analytical system that connects public accountants with their small and midsized business clients.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is still aiming to preserve its job as the standard-setter for private company accounting, while expanding its outreach and consultation with representatives of privately held businesses.

Financial Accounting Standards Board chair Leslie Seidman gave an overview of the work of the board as it tries to achieve its convergence goals with the International Accounting Standards Board, and said they were taking extra time to get the standards right and trying to simplify them to make them easier for accountants to apply.

Top 100 Firm Eide Bailly LLP announced that six staff members have been accepted into the partnership as of May 1:

The Center for Audit Quality has published the In-Depth Guide to Public Auditing.

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