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Busy season, long days, work on weekends, that’s all inevitable, right?

Robert DeSantis, a top executive with the parent organization of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and Governmental Accounting Standards Board, has resigned.

CPA firms saw big gains in both income and fees last year, thanks to the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance services, according to a newly released survey.

The Internal Revenue Service is providing taxpayers' personal and financial information to agencies in all 50 states, but is not adequately safeguarding the security of that information, said a report from a Treasury Department watchdog.

ADP Employer Services kicked off a promotional campaign aimed at helping educate workers on how to maximize their paychecks.

Relatively few taxpayers are making use of the Advanced Earned Income Tax Credit, but many of those who do receive the AEITC do not comply with the requirements of the program, according to a government report.

President Bush made several proposals late last week to relieve homeowners from the burden of the imploding mortgage market, just in time to grab Congress's attention as it returns this week from summer recess.

CEOs of Fortune 100 companies are receiving increasingly valuable financial planning perks, according to a new study.

The federal government is itself a tax delinquent, owing approximately $45 million in employment taxes, according to a report from a Treasury Department watchdog.

Accounting firm Aronson & Co. has launched a video contest to attract accounting and finance students with a prize of a $2,500 "professional makeover" that includes services such as clothing consultations and resume preparation help.