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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission “never took the necessary and basic steps” that would have led to the agency uncovering Bernard L. Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme, according to the full report issued Friday by the agency’s Inspector-General.

If you haven’t heard of the social bookmarking site, Delicious, you may be living in a cave.

Yaeger CPA Review and Ellis University are offering CPA candidates a "fast-track" route to an MBA degree.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has published a set of staff questions and answers intended to address how auditors should use the recently issued FASB Codification.

Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., will soon be producing his much-anticipated take on health care reform and how taxpayers will pay for it.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has published implementation guidance on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes and disclosure amendments for nonpublic entities.

Retired Pittsburgh Steeler Hall of Fame player Mel Blount owes $631,000 in back taxes, according to a civil action filed by the IRS.

H&R Block reported a consolidated net loss for the first quarter of $133.6 million, or 40 cents a share, with much of the loss attributed to tax operations.

Former All-Star baseball pitcher Jerry Koosman received a six-month sentence for not paying his federal income taxes for 2002-2004.

Jennifer Gahl, a staff accountant at the Charleston, S.C.-based office of WebsterRogers has earned her CPA credential.