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Accounting and advisory firm Baker Tilly has received a global award that recognizes organizations which have developed “effective and efficient” approaches to employee learning – resulting in a boost of business improvement.

IMGCAP(1)]The financial planning landscape has dramatically changed over the past five years.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed new rules that would alter the disclosure, reporting and offering process governing asset-backed securities in an effort to better protect investors in the securitization market.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board plan to reconsider the standards for the types of repurchase transactions that Lehman Brothers used to shift $50 billion temporarily off its balance sheet before issuing its quarterly financial statements.

The Internal Revenue Service has released a new form to help employers claim the special payroll tax exemption for newly hired workers under the HIRE Act.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department have been stepping up their efforts to investigate and prosecute tax practitioners preparing fraudulent returns.

A suspended Oregon CPA has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution of $288,171 after he pleaded guilty in a fraud case.

New York-based Top 100 Firm Weiser LLP announced todaythat it has joined Mazars, an international group specializing in audit andadvisory services.

NetSuite Inc. has added graphical workflow management software to its set of offerings that allows users to develop, automate, and streamline complex business processes.

Even with high unemployment, businesses are finding that it takes at least a month to fill open accounting and finance positions.