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House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, pushed for an extension of the Bush tax cuts on Tuesday, but questioned the need to pass over 70 other tax break extensions that failed to pass in the Senate in June.

The multitude of issues affecting the CPA community continues to grow, but top industry concerns mapped out by Illinois CPA Society president Elaine Weiss remain – in no particular order – the economy, globalization, technology, regulations and legislation, and generational issues.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown has filed a $34 million lawsuit against TV’s “Tax Lady” Roni Deutch for orchestrating a "heartless scheme" that swindled thousands of people facing serious and expensive tax collection problems with the IRS.

IMGCAP(1)] Social media is all the rage. From Twitter to Facebook to LinkedIn, everyone absolutely adores the potential social media promises. However, can social media actually produce tangible results for your company?

IMGCAP(1)]It’s all but expected in Boston (and maybe anywhere other than New York) that baseball fans hate the Yankees.

The Internet was supposed to provide everybody with their own platform for free speech, and that’s fine with the city of Philadelphia, as long as local bloggers are willing to pay $300 for a “business privilege license” in case they hope to earn any money.

The owner of an Anchorage accounting and tax prep business has been indicted on charges that she engaged in a scheme to defraud her clients and her own family members of nearly $1 million.

The Government Accountability Office is making changes to Government Auditing Standards, commonly known as the Yellow Book.

The International Accounting Education Standards Board of the International Federation of Accountants has released the 2010 edition of its Handbook of International Education Pronouncements.

Credit card companies have been prohibited from charging their customers inactivity fees under the latest set of protections that went into effect from the Credit Card Act.