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The Justice Department said it has resolved lawsuits against several corporations that owned Jackson Hewitt franchises, with the companies agreeing to be barred from tax preparation after the DOJ found a pattern of fraud.

Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., has proposed a 50-cent tax on each gallon of gas in an effort to limit carbon emissions.

Microsoft has identified an odd bug in Excel 2007 that incorrectly displays 100,000 as the multiplication result in a cell when the answer should be 65,535 or 65,536.

WennSoft released Version 10.0 of its business management software in an effort to keep up with Microsoft's latest release of Dynamics GP, also at Version 10, with which it integrates.

Deloitte Consulting, Cisco Systems, SAP and the Open Compliance and Ethics Group have released a study indicating the dangers of fragmented approaches to governance, risk and compliance.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider two tax cases, one arising out of a criminal case and the other a business case.

Internal auditors should begin adopting more of a risk management mindset, recommends a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

A federal judge here has permanently barred a tax preparer from preparing tax returns for others.

M&A deals built around cash transactions involving companies with below-average price-to-earnings ratios are the most likely to increase shareholder value, according to a new study.

Anderson & Whitney has joined Firm Foundation, an association of small CPA firms run by RSM McGladrey.