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The controversial car ride app Uber is appearing on an increasing number of employee expense reports so far this year, according to a new analysis.

California and Colorado taxpayers had a higher chance of an IRS audit than taxpayers in any other states, according to a new study, while New York and Massachusetts had the highest chance of an audit of their 2013 state tax return.

The housing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could need another bailout in the next few years because they are being left undercapitalized by the Treasury Department, according to the former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

The Internal Revenue Service opened 19 percent fewer criminal investigations in fiscal 2014 than in the previous year, reflecting a decrease in budget and staffing, according to the agency.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has introduced ACCA-X, a set of online learning courses for accountants and financial professionals.

Check out the digital edition of the April 2015 issue of Accounting Today.

Toshiba Corp. fell the most in more than a year after the company said it would appoint a committee to investigate possible problems with its accounting.

One time I was reviewing a time run and noticed a certain staff tax person, Elliot, kept appearing on clients he wasn’t assigned to and I wondered why.

Frustrated taxpayers are encountering ever longer wait times on phones when seeking assistance from the Internal Revenue Service as tax season draws to a close, according to the head of the union representing IRS employees.

The IRS is requesting membership nominations for the Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee, a federal advisory committee that advises the service on tax administration issues.

Late last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules to facilitate smaller companies’ access to capital and provide investors with more investment choices.

Taxpayers who make cash contributions on or before April 15 to charities providing relief for the families of two slain New York police officers can receive an immediate tax benefit.

The consumer finance site WalletHub has released a new report ranking the states with the highest and lowest real estate and vehicle property taxes across the country.

Retention of staff members is the top issue cited by Maryland CPA firms, according to a new survey by the Maryland Association of CPAs, followed by finding qualified people.

ZenPayroll announced a new $60 million round of funding in the company led by Google Capital.

Chat apps are currently a hot commodity, but it takes a balance of ease and cool functionality for any of them to overtake traditional email communication.

Former UBS AG executive Hansruedi Schumacher pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. as part of the government’s prosecution of financial industry officials who help Americans dodge taxes.

For the Internal Revenue Service to stay in business, it needs a youth bomb. More than half its employees are over 50 years old.

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Tax preparers share their clients' strangest misconceptions