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Acumatica added the role of chief marketing officer and hired a new chief operating officer, appointing Kathy Visser-May as CMO and Nigel LeGresley as COO.

Professional advisors need to be more protective -- of both their practices and their clients, according to HD Vest president and CEO Roger Ochs.

The National Society of Accountants has posted an online petition that tax practitioners can sign to demonstrate their support for the “Tax Practitioners Bill of Rights,” which it issued earlier this week.

The House voted Thursday to repeal the medical device tax that was included in the Affordable Care Act.

The first time the country was connected coast-to-coast, it was with the wood and steel of railroad tracks into the Wild West that redefined the frontier, and the nation.

The owner of a brothel in Salzburg, Austria has found an innovative way to protest what he sees as punitive taxation and regulation of his industry: offering free sex and drinks to patrons all summer.

The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland has entered into a mutual recognition agreement with the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, which represents more than 24,000 members in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy.

The Internal Revenue Service reported Thursday that nearly 44,000 tax preparers have completed its voluntary education program in its first year.

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

The Internal Revenue Service issued a revenue procedure and regulations explaining how a multiemployer defined benefit pension plan that is in critical and declining status can apply for approval of a proposed suspension of benefits.

Republican Senator Rand Paul’s plan to overhaul the U.S. tax system calls for a 14.5 percent federal flat tax for consumers and companies, the elimination of almost all deductions and the abolition of several other levies.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. owns more than $76 billion of assets through a web of units in offshore tax havens around the world, though you wouldn’t know it from reading the giant retailer’s annual report.

Asia’s largest commodity trader Noble Group Ltd. took on its critics with an open letter defending its accounting methods and valuations of a coal asset.

Companies that plan to sell or spin off part of their business should be aware of some recent changes in accounting standards for “discontinued operations” that are taking effect this year.

The House Appropriations Committee adopted a fiscal year 2016 budget proposal that would provide the Internal Revenue Service with a budget of $10.1 billion—$838 million less than the current level and $2.8 billion below the Obama administration’s FY16 proposal.

A New Jersey tax preparer was convicted of tax fraud for getting unearned tax refunds for his clients to make extra money for himself.

How much time does it take to be an effective managing partner? Most CPA firm partners ask the question a bit differently. It goes something like: “We have X amount of revenue and Y number of partners, so how many chargeable hours should our managing partner have compared to the other partners?”

Microsoft announced a new leadership structure and strategy Wednesday that includes the departure of four top executives, the movement of Dynamics development teams to the Cloud and Enterprise group, and the creation of a new group combining its Windows and device businesses.

Top 100 firm WithumSmith+Brown’s partner, Edward Mendlowitz, came up with the idea to highlight accountants on trading cards, just like the ones you swapped out and played with as a kid when baseball cards were a thing. They teamed up with The Topps Company, Inc. to create a series of accounting trading cards commemorating accountants from the past.

A series of budget cuts at the Internal Revenue Service have led to declines in taxpayer service, case closures and dollars collected from delinquent taxpayers, according to a new government report.