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CPA.com president and CEO Erik Asgeirsson discusses how accountants are incorporating innovation and cloud technology in their practices, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

At a recent gathering of corporate tax professionals, many confessed to uneasiness about the damage to the reputations of their companies from media reports about their tax strategies.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released a proposed accounting standards update to clarify the guidance on performance obligations and licensing contained in the new revenue recognition standard.

Lawmakers in the House and Senate have re-introduced legislation to encourage the creation of employee stock ownership plans in S Corporations.

Wave announced it has closed a $10 million Series C investment, bringing the cloud-based accounting software provider’s total investment to $35 million.

Greatland is adding year-end reporting for the Affordable Care Act to its W-2 and 1099 reporting software, Yearli.

The Private Company Council that the Financial Accounting Foundation created three years ago appears to be fulfilling its mission of providing relief for privately held companies from onerous accounting requirements, but some groups are worried that it will lose its powers and independence.

It is “silly” for Republicans to put together a response to the Supreme Court’s expected June ruling on the legality of subsides in the federal health care exchange, the health policy director at the CATO Institute, which helped launch the lawsuit, said Monday.

H&R Block is looking for accountants, bookkeepers and salespeople to join its recently launched Block Small Business service.

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CPA.com president and CEO Erik Asgeirsson talks about a recent executive roundtable that CPA.com and the AICPA hosted with technology developers who cater to accountants, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland, also known as CPA Ireland, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Association of Certified Accountants and Auditors of Belarus, further extending the Institute’s international network and influence in Europe.

The American Institute of CPAs has created a new membership section for practitioners and others who serve or work for the not-for-profit sector.

A site that is used to process tax forms for nonprofit organizations on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service recently suffered a data breach.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation division has created a cybercrime unit to combat the growing trend of identity theft-related tax fraud as the problem morphs into data breaches and becomes more international in scope.

SalesVu, the recently launched mobile ERP solution, offers a range of remote management capabilities for small business customers via its POS app for iPhone and iPad.

Karen Hawkins, director of the IRS’s Office of Professional Responsibility, is stepping down in July from her position, which probes Circular 230 violations by tax practitioners.

Toshiba Corp. lost $2.8 billion in market value after the industrial and electronics group withdrew its earnings forecast pending an internal probe into improper accounting on infrastructure projects.

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