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The Internal Revenue Service is offering tax relief to victims of the historic flooding in recent days in South Carolina.

The Internal Revenue Service has made only limited progress to date in eliminating the unnecessary use of Social Security Numbers in tax forms, letters and notices, according to a new report, leaving taxpayers exposed to potential identity theft.

The leaders of the Senate Finance Committee are asking Volkswagen about the federal tax credits given to buyers of its vehicles for owning energy-efficient cars, amid revelations that the automaker programmed its devices to cheat emissions tests.

CPA.com announced on Wednesday a marketing partnership with Biz2Credit - the small business lending marketplace - which will see Biz2's cloud-based platform give entrepreneurs and small business owners access to a network of more than 1,300 prescreened lenders.

Top 10 Gulf Coast Regional Leader LaPorte CPAs announced that it will merge with Beyer, Stagni & Co., effective December 1.

Melanie Power, head of bookkeeping at Xero Australia, discusses how accountants and bookkeepers are becoming "connected advisors" for their clients, in an interview with Accounting Technology editor-in-chief Danielle Lee.

Nearly three-quarters of Fortune 500 companies booked their profits to tax havens last year, with just 30 companies accounting for 62 percent of earnings stashed offshore, according to a new report.

When I talk to CPAs about practice management, one theme that always seems to pop up is the fact that “a client” or “several clients” cause headaches for the firm.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two former top executives at OCZ Technology Group Inc. for accounting failures at the now-bankrupt seller of computer memory storage and power supply devices.

Intacct and technology consulting firm BAASS announced an expanded partnership for BAASS to sell, implement, support and develop enhancements for Intacct’s cloud financial applications.

One of Canada’s largest accounting firms, MNP LLP, has chosen a new CEO, Jason Tuffs, who took over as the fourth CEO in the firm’s 58-year history on October 1.

More than half of small business owners are handling payroll, human resources and benefits administration by themselves, according to a new survey.

More than 20 percent of corporate board directors said their boards have been approached by activist investors during the past year, according to a new survey, but 46 percent of those polled have no plan in place for responding to activist investor challenges.

One-quarter of corporate tax and transfer pricing directors believe their companies will fail to meet the first deadline proposed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in its Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Action Plan, according to a new survey.

Former UBS AG executive Hansruedi Schumacher, who pleaded guilty to helping Americans dodge taxes and testified at trial against his former boss, was sentenced to five years of probation by a judge who granted him leniency.

Drees Riskey & Vallager has merged with Midwest Regional Leader Brady Martz, effective October 1.

Financial planning columnist John Napolitano talks about how advisors can help their clients after they've retired.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued a disciplinary order permanently barring CPA David A. Aronson from associating with a registered public accounting firm, and permanently revoking the registration of his firm, David A. Aronson CPA PA.

Microsoft announced the general availability of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016, which adds new mobile, business insight and cloud service functionality to the business management solution.

The fourth edition of our annual report highlights eight outstanding accounting firm leaders.