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The Internal Revenue Service has opened its electronic filing season for all filers except those who must file five forms affected by the alternative minimum tax.

Presidential hopeful Rudolph Giuliani outlined a plan to reform the Tax Code and cut taxes.

The audit market for large public companies has become more concentrated among the Big Four firms, but not enough to require corrective action, according to a government report.

KPMG has created a Web portal with accounting and business resources for university professors.

The International Accounting Standards Board has issued a revised version of its standards for accounting for business combinations such as mergers and acquisitions, in coordination with the Financial Accounting Standards Board, in a move that will highlight the expenses of business combinations that used to be considered assets.

Deborah Nolan, former commissioner of the Large and Mid-Size Business Division of the Internal Revenue Service, has joined Ernst & Young as a partner.

In the fall of 2001, Richard Harrington visited a few of his employees to see how they were faring after the attack on New York’s World Trade Center.

National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson released a report to Congress pointing out a variety of problems, including the impact of late-year Tax Code changes on taxpayers.

New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Education plans to begin offering a new certificate in not-for-profit accounting and governmental reporting.

The Internal Revenue Service has made several changes to the 2007 instructions for Form 1040 and 1040NR as a result of the Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007.