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The Securities and Exchange Commission has released a study recommending that the existing auditor attestation requirement in Sarbanes-Oxley be kept in place for companies with a public float of between $75 million and $250 million.

Accounting and finance workers are gaining confidence in the strength of the economy, but many workers believe there are now fewer jobs available than previously, according to a new survey.

CCH has enhanced its CorpSystem Sales Tax Office software by integrating it with an exemption certificate management system from Imaging Science and Services Inc.

The Texas Society of CPAs will hold its third annual Financial Literacy Social Media Outreach Day Friday in an effort to direct the public to its consumer website, www.ValueYourMoney.org and the free information and resources it offers.

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has published its 2011 Handbook of International Public Sector Accounting Pronouncements.

The Internal Revenue Service improperly transferred hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer payments to its Excess Collection File, often without the right documentation, according to a new report.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued an exposure draft of a proposed Accounting Standards Update that aims to simplify how an entity is supposed to test goodwill for impairment.

Richard Sherman has joined the mergers and acquisitions tax practice of KPMG LLP as a partner.

The Internal Revenue Service has begun taking steps to stop tax preparers with criminal tax convictions or permanent injunctions from preparing tax returns, sending letters to 19 tax preparers proposing to revoke their Preparer Tax Identification Numbers.