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Texas accounting firm Weaver has merged with Elms Faris, expanding the Fort Worth-based firm to the Midland/Odessa market.

IMGCAP(1)] Nearly every day we are presented with opportunities to recruit new clients and/or strengthen existing client relationships. Sometimes even the smallest gesture of good faith can make all the difference. Unfortunately, too many firms overlook the small stuff and end up wasting an opportunity. Consider a recent event.

I won't begin to tell the residents affected by the GulfCoast oil disaster that I feel their pain. My home oil tank once sprang a leakand one winter morning I awoke to find a new and unwelcome floor coating on mybasement, but admittedly, it's not even close to the decades of potentialcleanup that lie in store for them.

The Internal Revenue Service has released an application form that will allow small firms to begin applying for certification for tax credits or grants available under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program, created by the Affordable Care Act.

The Senate did not manage to overcome a filibuster to pass its tax extenders and unemployment benefits extension bill on Thursday evening, but it did at least succeed in getting the so-called “doc fix” provision passed on Friday, just in time to avert a steep reduction in doctors’ Medicare reimbursement rates.

Intuit.com and some of its major Web sites, including QuickBooks Online, Intuit Online Payroll, Quicken and QuickBase, are back online after a power outage shut them down on Tuesday.

An outside advisory committee recommended that the Internal Revenue Service follow a three-year phase-in approach to implementing a new requirement for tax preparers to electronically file individual tax returns.

The majority of HR managers and recruiters who have responsibility for recruiting accounting and finance positions are planning to hire in the next six months, according to a new survey.