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Maxwell Systems has introduced ProContractorMX 2.0, the latest version of its construction business management software.

The Internal Revenue Service needed to scramble to implement various provisions of last year’s Recovery Act to boost the economy as quickly as possible, but it now has to improve its enforcement and reporting to safeguard against abuses, according to a government report.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has introduced a bill that would tax more Wall Street bonuses than similar legislation introduced a week ago.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has unveiled a stripped-down version of the draft jobs legislation that was proposed only hours earlier by the bipartisan leaders of the Senate Finance Committee.

Anchin, Block & Anchin has established a Cayman Islands practice to provide audit services to funds registered in the Cayman Islands.

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At last count, at least 11 parties have submitted amicus (friend of the court) briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court as it considers whether to hear an appeal from the First Circuit decision in Textron regarding a corporation’s tax accrual workpapers.

Ron Howard is one of the executive producers behind a new comedy series set in an IRS district office that may be coming to a TV screen near you.

Citrin Cooperman & Company has brought on Arnold J. Hermann as partner and practice leader of the firm’s Entertainment, Media and Family Office Group.

Craig Klein has been elected managing director of CBIZ Tofias.