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Bullying isn't just a concern for schools these days—it's a major issue for businesses of all kinds, and especially for CPA firms struggling to attract and retain staff.

Packaging companies including International Paper Co. and Rock-Tenn Co. won’t be able to separate their containerboard operations into tax-advantaged vehicles, under rules proposed Tuesday by the IRS.

Nearly a thousand Internal Revenue Service employees who willfully violated the tax laws received suspensions, reprimands or counseling over a 10-year period instead of being fired, according to a new report.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants has re-exposed a proposed standard to guide auditors, other professional accountants in public practice, and professional accountants in business to help them decide how best to act in the public interest when they come across an act or suspected act of non-compliance with laws and regulations.

The IRS is reminding tax-exempt organizations that many must file 990 information returns by May 15.

With Small Business Week in full swing, intuit Inc. announced a number of initiatives aimed at supporting small businesses – and their accountants.

ADP reported Wednesday that private sector employers added 169,000 jobs in April, as low oil prices and a strong dollar slowed down the hiring pace.

Automation is the best friend of productivity. Yet there is only so much automation in many finance and accounting organizations and, therefore, only so much productivity.

The Indiana CPA Society marked its 100th anniversary on Wednesday, May 6.

To many, “sustainability accounting” sounds like an oxymoron.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have issued proposed regulations relating to qualifying income from exploration, development, mining or production, processing, refining, transportation, and marketing of minerals or natural resources.

The Internal Revenue Service has been unable to stop taxpayers from collecting billions of dollars in potentially erroneous education tax credits, according to a new government report.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released a report last week showing that the Internal Revenue Service has made significant progress in processing applications for tax-exempt status from organizations, but it’s not enough to satisfy critics of the agency.

The hiring picture at small businesses improved slightly in April, according to the payroll giant Paychex.

NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson opened the company’s 2015 SuiteWorld user conference announcing a new cloud alliance between NetSuite and Microsoft Office 365, Windows and Azure.

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service reported the best results it has seen in over five years this tax season, in contrast with competing tax prep chains H&R Block and Liberty Tax.

The new addition comes with eight employees, which brings the total of DZH Phillips staff to more than 80 accounting professionals and 100 employees throughout offices in San Francisco, Oakland, San Rafael and on the peninsula.

The IRS is accepting applications for its Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council. Applications will be accepted through June 26.

Tax prep, bookkeeping and payroll services company and franchiser ATAX recently announced plans to double its U.S. presence over the next 20 months.

Major tax prep chains Liberty Tax Inc. and H&R Block reported that the number of returns they prepared this tax season were flat or down slightly.