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Two of the Big Four firms in Ireland have come under fire for sending sexist e-mails and photos of young female employees around the offices.

Security for IRS employees is the top management challenge facing the Internal Revenue Service next year, according to a new government report.

IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said the IRS may re-open its voluntary disclosure program, offering a partial amnesty to tax evaders who have been hiding money in foreign bank accounts.

House Democrats met Thursday and overwhelmingly voted to block the Bush tax cut extension compromise announced earlier in the week by President Obama and Republican congressional leaders.

President Obama’s announcement on Monday of a compromise agreement with the Republican leadership should bring some end-of-year certainty to the tax landscape, but questions remain.

More than 70 percent of 200 board directors revealed their companies are not formally executing mature and robust risk oversight processes, while nearly 60 percent of 460 respondents admitted that their risk management processes are ad hoc and informal in the results of two surveys conducted by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

Marcum LLP plans to merge its China practice with Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP, one of the largest middle-market PCAOB-reviewed auditors in China, to create Marcum Bernstein and Pinchuk LLP.

The International Accounting Standards Board has proposed new standards that aim to simplify the accounting for hedging activities.

Payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex Inc. has acquired online payroll processor SurePayroll for an undisclosed amount.

Here’s a hint – it’s not their performance. It’s not compensation either. So what could it be?