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The Tax Foundation has released its annual ranking of states and how competitive their business tax codes are.

A group of 41 Senate Republicans is urging the Treasury Department to drop proposed regulations that would eliminate a popular tax strategy for minimizing estate and gift taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service has released new procedures that help a taxpayer make the decision on whether to opt for a qualified terminable interest property election to reduce estate taxes.

An overwhelming majority of American investors are confident in the integrity of the U.S. capital markets, including audited financial reports and independent auditors, according to a new survey by the Center for Audit Quality.

The very rich are different from you and me. They even have their own IRS audit squad.

This U.S. presidential campaign, and particularly that of Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, moved the issue of income inequality front and center. Now there are some new numbers in that department, and they won’t make many people happy.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s recent set of proposed technical corrections to its revenue recognition standard are a sign that more companies are getting serious about implementing them.

The Oregon Society of CPAs (OSCPA) recently held their first statewide CPA Day of Service, held September 23 & 24. Sponsored by the Society, the Day of Service saw Oregon CPAs serve local communities and raise awareness of the CPA profession.

Despite years of cuts to the Internal Revenue Service budget and its employee count, the agency is nonetheless collecting more tax revenue, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service is lowering its user fees for issuing letter rulings on tax matters when the rulings are practically identical.

The oil and natural gas services company Weatherford International will pay a $140 million penalty to settle accounting fraud charges.

BDO USA LLP has named Christopher Tower as the firm’s new national managing partner for audit quality and professional practice.

DMJ & Co. PLLC is acquiring Hutchings & Hutchings CPAs PA, expanding DMJ’s presence in North Carolina.

The AICPA announced on Wednesday that they will be partnering with state CPA societies across the country to increase the amount high school educators teaching high-level accounting courses.

The accounting sector has arguably been slow to adopt new technology, eschewing new, and often unproven, technology for older, tried and true tools. However, in the immortal words of Bob Dylan, “the times they are a-changin’”.

Companies are beginning to revamp their financial reports to incorporate sustainability disclosures in response to demand from investors.

The Kentucky Court of Appeals has affirmed in part a decision by the Kentucky Circuit Court finding Grant Thornton liable for fraudulent misrepresentation in its selling of a tax shelter.

Avalara, a provider of tax compliance software, has expanded its operations and strategic initiatives in Brazil in a time of economic uncertainty.

Jody gave the following speech for Saint Mary’s College (her alma mater) Accounting Awards in which she was also presented with the Outstanding Accounting Alumna Award.

Workday, which provides enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, has introduced a new planning, budgeting and forecasting application called Workday Planning.