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Last week I wrote about never trying to sell financial products or services to clients and gave a few reasons for this.

Intuit unveiled a new app, Sync with PayPal, that automatically imports PayPal sales transactions, fees, discounts and taxes directly into QuickBooks Online.

The American Institute of CPAs is offering an online CPA personality quiz that’s garnering attention among CPAs young and old alike.

A roundup of recent accounting firm mergers and acquisitions.

New hires, promotions and more…

If your business has formed a captive insurance company that has elected small insurance status under section 831(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, you may be hearing from the IRS.

The Internal Revenue Service is reminding businesses in U.S. territories that they need to file Form 8300 if they engage in cash transactions of $10,000 or more.

A Florida CPA has been arrested and charged with using her tax preparation business to facilitate an income tax refund fraud scheme.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, have re-introduced a bill aimed at preventing fraud in the provision of Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers to undocumented immigrants.

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

Gale Crosley offers a powerful tool for accountants to explore new markets

Government contractors working on the Internal Revenue Service’s main communications portal for taxpayers and tax professionals might have overbilled the agency hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to a new report.

Members of NCCPAP, the National Conference of CPA Practitioners, made their views known to congressional staff and IRS officials during meetings in Washington D.C. last week.

The IRS is refunding test fees to those who took the Registered Tax Return Preparer test.

The global economy is showing stronger signs of improvement in the first quarter of the year, according to a new survey by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released an accounting standards update that makes targeted improvements in the disclosure requirements for insurance companies that issue short-duration contracts of typically one year or less.

A phone call between a taxpayer and an Internal Revenue Service collection employee was broadcast on Howard Stern’s Sirius XM radio show when the IRS employee accidentally put himself on hold after calling into Stern’s show.

Financial executives are experiencing a steady rise in salary and benefits, thanks to the improving economy and stiffer competition for top talent, according a new survey.

A post-implementation review of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s standard addressing ownership interests within a company’s subsidiary found that the 2007 standard has achieved its purpose and provides useful information to users of financial statements, although there is some room for improvement.

The House of Representatives voted to revive the tax credit for corporate research and make it a permanent feature of U.S. law.