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The Internal Revenue Service wants large businesses to start disclosing their uncertain tax positions on their tax returns, but on the other hand it doesn’t want an information overload.

Financial Finesse, a company that provides financial education services to businesses and their employees, has noticed an uptick in calls about budgeting and debt management.

The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to conduct a seminar next month to help companies and preparers comply with rules that require financial reports to be filed using Extensible Business Reporting Language, or XBRL.

Despite lean budgets for many businesses today, cash bonuses continue to be the leading incentive for recognizing employee performance, according to a survey of CFOs.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has received just over 200 comment letters since it posted its proposed roadmap for transitioning to International Financial Reporting Standards on its Web site in 2008, and it’s now receiving some extra suggestions as it prepares to publicly deliberate Wednesday on the roadmap.

Archimedes Systems and Convergent Retirement Plan Solutions have introduced CPAroth.com, a portal for planning Roth IRA conversions.

Despite signs of potential growth in manufacturing and a slightly improving outlook for organizations, many CPA financial executives are still pessimistic about the U.S. economy in the first quarter.

The Senate voted to consider a $15 billion job creation bill after five Republican senators agreed to overcome a filibuster on the measure, which would provide tax breaks to companies that hire and retain employees.

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