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St. Louis-based Regional Leader Brown Smith Wallace announced that co-founder Harvey Wallace will step down as managing partner at the end of the year, with the firm’s current partner-in-charge of audit, Anthony Caleca, stepping into the MP role on Jan. 1, 2016.

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

A new study predicts the Securities and Exchange Commission’s final regulations on clawbacks of incentive based compensation for corporate executives could backfire and only encourage companies to avoid the kinds of financial restatements that might trigger a clawback.

An old diagnosis of incompetence needs some updates

The sharing economy has created untold numbers of micro-entrepreneurs, who provide services through digital-age apps.

Tax Season Preview

The House passed a highway funding bill Thursday that includes a provision reviving the use of private debt collectors by the Internal Revenue Service.

Sage has revamped two of its accounting software products for small and midsize businesses, rolling out Sage 100c and Sage 300c.

If you're looking for a new laptop for your business, then get the Microsoft Surface Pro 3. It's a winner. And for three reasons.

Sales tax technology provider Avalara is integrating with EPiServer, an ecommerce and digital marketing software provider that has become a certified solution partner for Avalara.

Thomson Reuters launched Onvio, its next-generation suite of cloud-based tools for tax and accounting professionals.

Wolters Kluwer, CCH Small Firm Services has added new features and integration to the 2015 edition of its professional tax preparation software products, ATX and TaxWise.

To Paul Pacter: It's the ends that matter, not the means

As the accounting profession ages, firms of all sizes are learning that the best way to ensure that there will be a next generation of leaders is to develop them yourself.

Business confidence in the economy is at its lowest point around the world in four years, according to a new survey by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants.

As the assumptions underpinning Valeant's growth story quickly unravel, attention has quickly turned to the company's accounting and its deviation from standardized accounting measures.

Not everything has to go into the cloud

How to develop young staff without them heading for the door

Too many firms are looking for value in all the wrong places