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The Internal Revenue Service should strengthen its approach to evaluating a pilot project for matching federal and state taxpayer information before it extends the tax compliance project to 45 states next year, recommended a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

To mark World Accountancy Week, the International Federation of Accountants has released the results of a survey that sought the views of leaders of accounting institutes worldwide on the current credit crisis and other top issues for the profession.

My editor, Bob Scott, called me from an Information Technology Alliance conference this week to report some seemingly unbelievable news: Several attendees were complaining about candidates who didn’t show up for job interviews.

International Accounting Standards Board Chairman Sir David Tweedie said that the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board would still continue to play an important role in the standard-setting process, even after the transition to International Financial Reporting Standards in the U.S.

The College for Financial Planning plans to add renewal requirements to some of its professional designations starting next spring.

My editor, Bob Scott, called me from an Information Technology Alliance conference this week to report some seemingly unbelievable news: Several attendees were complaining about candidates who didn't show up for job interviews.

IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman said the agency would begin ramping up enforcement against tax abuses such as the avoidance of withholding taxes, especially on dividends.

An Ernst & Young survey of internal auditors found more of a need for specialty skills, especially in focusing on operational risks.

California accounting firms Burr Pilger Mayer and Andersen & Co. plan to merge on Jan. 1, 2009.\

Accounting firms are increasingly going paperless as they prepare for next tax season, relying more on scanners and workflow technology, according to a new survey.