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Deutsche Bank AG’s Swiss unit agreed to pay $31 million to receive a non-prosecution agreement in a U.S. probe of banks in Switzerland that helped Americans evade taxes.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Finding success with personal financial planning services

Building mutually beneficial strategic partnerships with capital markets

Marketing and branding efforts within professional service firms have historically been directly toward current clients, potential clients and referral sources.

A roundup of recent announcements from accounting firms and companies across the country.

A roundup of recent personnel announcements from accounting firms and companies across the country.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US has produced an infographic showing the states with the top 10 highest and lowest sales taxes, just in time for Black Friday and the kickoff of the holiday shopping season.

There are some things that over the years I’ve found invaluable, so in the spirit of the holidays, I thought I’d share a few of my “must-haves,” and maybe give you some ideas of how you can treat your office (and yourself) with some technology that I’ve found really does make life simpler.

As CPA firms and their clients continue to adapt to the cloud and innovations in practice management, the Digital CPA Conference, celebrating its fourth year, looks to help CPAs stay on top of the tech that drives business in 2015.

The Internal Revenue Service is simplifying the paperwork and recordkeeping requirements for small businesses by raising the safe harbor threshold for deducting certain capital items from $500 to $2,500.

The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation, which oversees the International Accounting Standards Board, is forming a joint working group with the Chinese Ministry of Finance to explore ways to advance the use of IFRS within China, especially for internationally oriented Chinese companies.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to take extra steps to enforce the rules requiring information reporting of payment card transactions, such as those made through credit and debit cards.

CEOs of several major accounting organizations around the world have signed an open letter urging world leaders to agree on reducing carbon emissions.

The Internal Revenue Service sent out an alert Tuesday warning tax preparers about an phishing email message purporting to ask them to update their IRS e-Services information.

The budget deal passed by Congress last month included a provision that would end some Social Security claiming strategies used by couples.

Will your firm have episodic or sustainable change?

Vetting the candidates’ tax positions so far

Here is a story of something that occurred in 1980 and became the reason for my understanding of how bond investments work.

Ireland is about to get a new biggest company, and it’s only a little smaller than the nation’s entire economy.