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The International Federation of Accountants has published a paper calling for more “integrated thinking” by accountants.

In his first big personnel decision, House Speaker Paul Ryan put the committee that writes U.S. tax law in the hands of Texan Kevin Brady, who agreed to stand aside last year when Ryan wanted that chairmanship.

One year after the announced closing off of the Double Irish tax arrangement, U.S. multinationals once again turned their attention to Dublin as Ireland announced details of the Knowledge Development Box, or KDB.

Rootworks CEO Darren Root discusses why firms are fearful of changing how they operate by leveraging cloud-based software, in an interview with Accounting Today managing editor Danielle Lee.

The American Institute of CPAs and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy have proposed to create a “Retired-CPA” status to deal with the wave of Baby Boom retirees in the profession.

Once you’ve shown your staff the path to success at your firm, you need to start helping them walk that path, with resources and guidance.

S&P 500 companies are being more transparent about how their audit committees are choosing and paying audit firms.

Net@Work has acquired the Peoria, Ill.-based Sage practice of CliftonLarsonAllen.

Employers added 182,000 jobs in the private sector last month, according to payroll giant ADP, although there were slowdowns in some areas, including professional and business services and among large companies.

MyRA, the Obama administration's free, guaranteed-return starter retirement account, launched nationwide today.

Branding. Advertising. Sponsorships. Those three activities were once the heart of accounting marketing. While they are still important, they are not currently driving most marketing activity. Today, it’s all about growth.

Liberty Tax offices with onsite health insurance agents opened on November 1 to offer taxpayers help with Obamacare enrollment and plan renewals.

Internal Revenue Service commissioner John Koskinen told a group of tax practitioners that budget cuts at the agency are harming not only taxpayers, but tax practitioners as well, and warned that unless Congress acts on tax extenders legislation, tax season might need to be delayed next year. At the same conference, National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson complained of declining taxpayer service levels by the IRS and obstructions to the work of her office on behalf of taxpayers.

The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has just handed the American Institute of CPAs a victory in its dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over tax preparer credentials.

Small businesses continued to hire more workers last month, but the pace of job growth is slackening, according to a new report.

Electronic research helps you find tax answers faster

10 rules for leveraging technology

BDO USA has re-elected Wayne Berson to a second term as CEO of the firm.

Careful planning is a must to maximize the effect of deductible assets on a business return.

All too many firms fail to offer employees a clear career path – and that’s a clear incentive to seek employment elsewhere.