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A “blue ribbon panel” looking to improve the accounting standards for private companies wants to find out why so many are not strictly complying with GAAP.

Sage North America is now offering a Software-as-a-Service application to help nonprofit organizations use the Internet to increase giving, participation and overall support through online donations and registrations.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to check for unfiled tax returns and look for unreported income from sole proprietors of small businesses during correspondence audits.

The Internal Revenue Service’s audits of the nation’s largest corporations have dropped sharply in recent years, despite growing federal budget deficits, according to a new report.

A federal grand jury has indicted an Internal Revenue Service revenue agent on charges of filing false tax returns, helping others file false tax returns, and threatening to kill tax agents who were investigating him.

IMGCAP(1)] What happens when your firm freaks out and prevents access to social media sites like Twitter and Facebook? Generational expert Rebecca Ryan of Next Generation Consulting has a few ideas. Those who think networking online is the root of all evil may want to sit down.

As a resident in one of the most highly taxed counties inthe country, I have harbored mixed feelings about attending Tea Party rallies.In fact, the other day, I discovered a sign stapled to a nearby telephone polethat urged the local residents to attend a rally scheduled for next weekend.

FinancialForce.com has introduced an add-on to its Web-based accounting software that gives the system Facebook-like social networking features and could represent a new paradigm for accounting software.

The final two defendants in a long-running accounting fraud case involving 11 former executives at handheld device maker Symbol Technologies have settled charges with the SEC.

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission held three days of hearings this week to investigate some of the causes behind the financial crisis, grilling former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and various executives.