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Taxpayers’ rights were violated when the Internal Revenue Service filed liens on their accounts while they were in bankruptcy, according to a new report by a government watchdog.

Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., has written to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman asking him to provide tax relief to investors who were swindled by Bernard Madoff’s $50 billion Ponzi scheme.

Approximately 40 percent of online households plan to file their federal taxes via the Internet this year, up from less than 34 percent four years ago, according to a new report.

A federal court has permanently barred a Florida tax preparer who called himself “The Tax Doctor” from doing other people’s returns after he allegedly cost the Treasury at least $750,000 in bogus claims.

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The LBMC Family of Cos., which includes an accounting firm, as well as healthcare, technology and investment practices, has formed LBMC Managed Security Services LLC, a unit designed to provide its clients with IT security services.

Stetson University has partnered with Toronto-based online curriculum provider Embanet to develop a one-year Master of Accountancy program.

Red Wing Software Inc., a developer of financial management and software for the agribusiness and municipal sectors, has released advanced payroll modules for its flagship CenterPoint Payroll.

The laws of supply and demand dictate that if everyone is selling the same product, then buyers are going to make a decision based on price. And that’s true of the thousands of companies peddling accounting software.

President Barack Obama presented his budget for fiscal 2010, including about $318 billion in tax increases mainly targeted at the wealthy.