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The U.S. and Swiss governments have reached an agreement on a lawsuit in which the IRS had been seeking the identities of the U.S. taxpayers behind 52,000 secret accounts at the Swiss bank UBS.

IMGCAP(1)]The Financial Accounting Standards Board took plenty of heat in April for loosening mark-to-market guidelines, a move that critics assailed as a gift to the financial industry and a nod to political pressures.

"We have to banish complacency and embrace change so we can awaken the power of women in our firms."

For its final pièce-de-résistance, the Treasury Department has sent the last component of its financial regulatory reform legislative onslaught to Capitol Hill, even though lawmakers have supposedly gone home for recess.

Among the many compelling sessions offered as part of The Forum for Women in Accounting and The Forum on Recruiting and Retention, consultant Gary Boomer gave a list of what makes a great partner. We thought you may want to know his insights.

Frank DiPascali is the latest figure in the Bernard Madoff world to face the judge.

Forty-six percent of the 1,000 corporations polled in a recent survey said they plan to reduce or eliminate employer contributions to their 401(k) plans or already plan to do so, even as their overall benefit budgets increase.

The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards is proposing to require individuals who want to become a CFP to prepare an integrated, written financial plan and present it.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board plans to draft proposed updates to fair value accounting standards with new disclosure requirements.

Intuit has introduced Intuit ProLine Tax Research, powered by BNA, a Web-based service that integrates directly with Intuit’s Lacerte and ProSeries professional tax software.