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Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro announced plans to make it easier for SEC staff to bring enforcement actions and indicated that the Financial Accounting Standards Board would further modify fair value accounting standards.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed Robert Malhotra as a senior advisor in the SEC’s Office of the Chief Accountant.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said that Bernard Madoff has consented to a proposed partial judgment imposing a permanent injunction on him.

Sitting around the dinner table with four generations of family members reminded me how important it is for individuals to communicate about their preferred method of communication.It all started when my fiancé told me my mother had texted him to remember to bring an important document to her.

Peoples Income Tax, a local tax prep chain in Virginia, plans to give a break to recently laid-off workers.

Corporate tax executives cited management of the effective tax rate and taxation of international operations as their top two business tax concerns in 2009, according to a new survey.

Clients are coming to their CPAs with concerns about their shrinking retirement savings as the recession deepens.

In the latest sign of tax trouble in the Obama cabinet, Labor Secretary-designate Hilda Solis’ husband had tax liens filed against him.

As the economic crisis calls into question the financial statements of banks and companies, the head of Ernst & Young advocated greater regulation of all types of auditing firms.

The Internal Revenue Service paid between $10 billion and $12 billion in tax year 2006 to taxpayers who erroneously claimed the earned income tax credit despite IRS efforts to step up compliance.