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The House Ways and Means Committee has approved legislation to provide tax relief to small businesses and extend financing measures for creating jobs.

The New York State Society of CPAs plans to posthumously honor former NYSSCPA president Eli Mason by inducting him into its Hall of Fame on May 13.

Broker-dealer 1st Global said that it has engaged Nobel Prize winner Dr. Harry Markowitz as an advisor to the company’s Investment Management Solutions committee and as a consultant to 1st Global’s Investment Management Research Group.

One week after California CPA Phil Liberatore announced he was running for a congressional seat in that state's 42nd district, former New York lawmaker and Arthur Andersen partner Joseph DioGuardi announced he is challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., for her Senate seat.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will offer amnesty to those who owe back state taxes, for only the second time in its history.

Wolter Kluwer Law Business has acquired ftwilliam.com, a company that provides online employee benefits software.

Leo Kehoe, a CPA in Whitestone, N.Y., has filed a $4 million lawsuit over a pair of advertisements on the Web site Craigslist that called him a “crook.”

The Senate has approved legislation that provides companies with a payroll tax exemption for hiring new employees.

You just had a wonderful interview. You firmly shake hands with the human resources representative. You specifically say goodbye to the receptionist. You rush home to send the representative a thank you letter for the interview. But, how environmental-friendly is the thank you letter you are sending?

The Internal Revenue Service has been making good on its promises to step up its audits of wealthy taxpayers, and sites like Facebook could be a big help.