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Cash-strapped professional services and consulting firm LECG Corp. announced a major executive reshuffling, including the resignation of chief executive and president Steve Samek.

For busy accountants who are responsible for filing taxes on behalf of the approximately 82 million out of 228 million American adults who opt to use professional services, tax season is an emotionally wrought time.

Coffee means more than busy-season fuel for Harry Parsons, partner of Jacksonville, Fla.-headquartered CPA firm LBA.

CCH has expanded its Expert Treatise Library with two new treatises on international and state taxation.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has released an upgraded version of the business intelligence reporting component of its indirect tax system.

Check out the digital edition of the April 2011 issue of Accounting Today.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has struck a cooperative agreement with Swiss regulators that will allow the U.S. and Switzerland to establish a cooperative framework for supervisory oversight of auditors that practice in each country.

While it’s illegal to embezzle money from your employers, it’s apparently OK to deduct the legal fees from your taxes once you get caught, according to a 2009 court decision.

As Washington moves closer to the brink of a federal government shutdown, the battle lines are already being set for the next budget turf war.

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of an Arizona government program that provided tax credits to individuals who contribute to nonprofit groups that offer scholarships for private school students, including those at parochial schools.