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Sage announced new cloud-based solutions Sage Value and Sage Match, both available through the company’s customizable online hub Sage Impact, at accounting solutions conference Sleetercon 2015.

Marcum LLP confirmed on Friday its merger with Smart, Devine & Company, LLC, an accounting and consulting firm based in Philadelphia, effective Dec. 1, 2015.

The Internal Revenue Service announced three changes Friday to the proposed rules for the new tax-favored Achieving a Better Life Experience, or ABLE, accounts for eligible disabled individuals that will be included in the final regulations when they are issued to make it easier for states to offer and administer ABLE programs.

The Internal Revenue Service has improved its audits of high-income taxpayers but needs to re-evaluate whether the threshold of $200,000 for auditing wealthy taxpayers efficiently uses the agency’s examination resources, according to a new report.

As the final entry in our 20 Days to a Better Firm series, we thought it would be worth noting that the best workplaces know when to stop working.

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

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have outlined additional steps they are taking to reduce the tax benefits of corporate inversions, and when possible, stop the transactions from occurring.

IRS budget woes are the top priorities for Andy Mattson, recently appointed AICPA committee chair of the IRS Advocacy & Relations Committee.

Interim CEOs engage in considerably more earnings manipulation than their permanent successors, according to a new study.

The Internal Revenue Service has provided retailers and restaurateurs with a safe harbor of accounting for expenditures related to repairs, remodeling and refreshes.

Fast-growing CPA firm O’Connor Davies, LLP is adding Stanley Marks & Company, LLP, a full-service accounting firm based in Newburgh, N.Y.

RSM announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of national technology consulting firm Junction Solutions.

The Internal Revenue Service is beginning the next round of its battle against tax-related identity theft by debuting a public awareness campaign to persuade more taxpayers to safeguard their personal information, in conjunction with tax preparation companies and state tax authorities.

Smart Devine, a regional CPA firm in Philadelphia, is joining Top 100 firm Marcum LLP, based in New York.

The U.S. Treasury Department plans to release additional guidance this week aimed at deterring corporate inversions, though it can’t stop such tax-avoidance moves without new authority from Congress, Secretary Jacob J. Lew said.

Free food during tax season is by far the most common perk offered at accounting firms, but it’s probably not doing staff any favors.

In contrast to the official government figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, small business employment remained relatively stagnant in October, according to Intuit, increasing only 0.01 percent.

Many accountants and valuation experts are anxiously attempting to predict the contents of the revised Section 2704 regulations from the IRS on the valuation of family limited partnerships and other family-controlled entities.

Accounting and financial reporting standards for state and local governments that address nonexchange transactions achieved their purpose, according to a new report.

Sales and use tax rates increased slightly across the country in the third quarter of the year, according to a new report.