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General overpayments and underpayments remain at 4 percent.

Stephanie Avakian and Steven Peikin will helm the agency’s largest unit together.

British Telecom has picked KPMG as its new auditing firm, ending a 33-year relationship with PricewaterhouseCoopers, in the wake of an accounting scandal in the telecommunications giant's Italian unit.

The International Accounting Education Standards Board has proposed a revision to its continuing professional development standards that could potentially move accountants away from gaining CPE credit in terms of a set number of hours.

The Internal Revenue Service is making strides in assisting victims of tax-related identity theft more promptly and making fewer errors on cases, thanks to a more centralized approach, according to a new government report.

U.S. tax revenue is running as much as $70 billion behind estimates more than halfway through the fiscal year, leaving the government with less cash than planned and adding to pressure on Congress to raise the debt ceiling.

There was a time when consulting projects came in very specific shapes and only fit into the same-shaped hole.

Thomson Reuters' Jon Baron and other experts forecast the latest trends for CPAs at the California Accounting Show

Many businesses are slow-walking to implementing the revenue recognition standard, even as the effective date approaches next year.

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said any new, lower federal tax rate on U.S. companies’ overseas earnings should be mandatory for all companies, and proceeds should be spent on upgrading U.S. infrastructure.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board voted Wednesday to proceed to a final standard on hedge accounting, part of the financial instruments project that FASB had been working on for years with the International Accounting Standards Board before the two boards went their separate ways.

Company execs believe gaining Desktop users is a “stickier” way to retain clients who may later move to the cloud.

Audit myths; credits and whistleblowers; details of reform; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Internal Revenue Service has updated its online registration system for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act to allow foreign financial institutions to renew their agreement with the IRS.

As companies get ready for the new lease accounting standard, they’re coming across a variety of complications and questions before the standard takes effect in the next few years.

The U.S. Supreme Court put sharp new limits on a favorite tool used by securities regulators to recoup money from people found to have violated federal laws.

Thomson Reuters has introduced a new certificate program for accountants who want to help their clients launch small business startups.

Tax pros have mixed feelings on the tax-related provisions of the House appropriations bill .

Marcum LLP has merged in the construction accounting practice of Warren Hennagin, who is joining the firm as an assurance services partner in the firm’s Irvine, Calif., office.

Small firm accountants do it all, not just the wide variety of services.