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Pepcom’s EcoFocus mini trade show showcased a wide range of eco-friendly products, some of which could be handy in accounting firms and some probably not.

The Internal Revenue Service is reportedly investigating Florida senatorial candidate Marco Rubio’s use of a Republican Party credit card.

An IRS employee has been ordered to pay back taxes and penalties after she sold over $36,000 worth of merchandise on eBay without reporting it on her tax returns.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Inspector General found that at least 33 SEC employees and contractors used government computers to view pornographic images in the past five years.

XBRL US and the Financial Accounting Foundation have inked a three-year agreement to conduct joint research on further developing interactive data tags for financial statements.

Business optimization provider b-pack Corp. has released the newest Software-as-a-Service version of its purchase-to-pay and e-procurement lifecycle management software suite for businesses in North America and Europe.

Santa Monica-based CPA Marlin R. Brinsky has agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty to settle SEC charges involving accounting fraud at a publicly traded adult Web site.

Cloud-based enterprise resource planning software maker Acumatica has released Acumatica 1.4, which includes dozens of new features designed to help midsized businesses with complex requirements automate their business processes.

You can breathe a sigh of relief, the big push towards the April 15th tax deadline is over. Now you’ll spend the next few weeks finishing taxes for clients who filed an extension. Then, after taking a much deserved break for some rest and relaxation, what should you do next?

A change in the structure of the taxation of carried interest, passed by the House last December and included in the Obama administration budget for 2011, is becoming more likely as the Senate searches for revenue offsets.