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The American Institute of CPAs’ governing council approved a resolution authorizing the development of two new credentials for fair value measurement at the AICPA’s Spring Meeting of Council in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

American Institute of CPAs president and CEO Barry Melancon told AICPA members at the Spring Meeting of Council in Washington, D.C., on Monday about the Institute’s efforts to improve audit quality and the peer review process.

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

There are accountants who only do accounting and accountants who also do other things such as selling financial products and doing deals with the client. There is nothing wrong with this, but with some very minor exceptions, I never did the other things.

The Financial Accounting Foundation has released its 2014 annual report, which focuses on its recently released strategic plan.

The Supreme Court struck down the state of Maryland’s practice of taxing a resident’s income that was earned and already taxed in another state without providing a full tax credit, ruling Monday that the practice violates the Constitution.

Our weekly roundup of tax-related investment strategies and news your clients may be thinking about.

SaaS expense reports provider Tallie announced an agreement with McGladrey to be the firm’s preferred expense management provider.

Toshiba Corp. named two lawyers and two certified public accountants to a third-party committee that is expanding an investigation started by an internal probe last month over accounting practices.

Finter Bank Zurich agreed to pay a $5.4 million penalty and become the third Swiss bank to settle under a U.S. program that lets firms avoid prosecution if they say how they helped American clients avoid taxes.

The American Institute of CPAs kicked off its Spring Meeting of Council in Washington, D.C., on Sunday with a packed agenda of meetings with lawmakers to press for priorities, including improvements in taxpayer service by the Internal Revenue Service.

Members of U2 defended the Irish rock band’s tax strategy as the band kicked off its world tour.

The International Federation of Accountants has submitted a response to the European Commission regarding a recent green paper on building a stronger capital markets union.

The Internal Revenue Service is marking National Military Appreciation Month with a free tax guide about tax benefits for the military.

An Alabama woman has been charged with filing more than 3,000 tax returns over a two-year period claiming over $7.5 million in fraudulent tax refunds.

Let’s say one of your top players at your firm is out suddenly for the remainder of the most important time of the year. What do you do?

Lawmakers have introduced legislation that would provide a month-long safe harbor from income tax and withholding requirements for traveling employees and their employers.

BDO USA said Friday it would add Stone Carlie & Company to its firm, expanding Chicago-based BDO into the St. Louis market and in the process becoming a firm with more than $1 billion in annual revenue after a string of recent mergers and acquisitions.

Abila announced MIP Advance, a new cloud-based offering joining the nonprofit software provider’s true fund accounting MIP family of solutions.

BB&T Corp.’s transaction with Barclays Plc to generate tax credits was “simply a money machine” with no economic purpose and can’t be used to seek hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. tax rebates, an appeals court ruled Thursday.