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An accounting scandal, a failed merger and the departure of top executives would normally make a company toxic to acquirers. Not for Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd., the subject of a $11 billion bidding war that drove the drugmaker’s stock close to its highest-ever price.

Accounting Today has released its 2015 list of the Top 100 Firms in Accounting.

The School of Accountancy at Georgia Southern University announced today that they will host a one-week seminar from Aug. 3-7 entitled, Essentials of Fraud and Forensic Accounting.The seminar is open to potential graduate students interested in pursuing a Master of Accounting with a concentration in Forensic Accounting, along with accountants, attorneys, and law enforcement professionals seeking continuing professional education (CPE) credit.

Nearly half of all American adults believe that the deadline to register for 2015 health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act has expired, a new survey has found.

Fifty-five percent of Americans expect to receive a refund on their taxes this year and nearly 37 percent will use their refund to pay off debt, according to a new poll.

“We are at the dawn of a new generation of business systems,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in his keynote to kick off Microsoft’s 2015 Convergence Conference, “with unlimited computing capacity in the cloud.”

A majority of Indiana CFOs who are also CPAs see positive indicators for growth of their company and industry, and encouraging signs for the local and state economy, although the outlook for the U.S. economy was not quite as bright.

Our weekly roundup of tax-related investment strategies and news your clients may be reading about in the financial media.

Tax season has always been the best time of the year for me to get new business. The reason is that there is much less competition.

Deloitte LLP named Joseph Ucuzoglu as chairman and CEO of Deloitte & Touche LLP, the firm's audit practice subsidiary.

The International Accounting Standards Board issued an overview of its upcoming lease accounting standard Monday, saying it plans to complete its deliberations on the long-awaited standard this month and to issue the standard later this year.

Proper backups are crucial to disaster recovery

Four firms share their experiences with the hosted cloud

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

In a last-minute push before a special enrollment begins Sunday, officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Treasury Department Friday wanted to remind consumers to sign up for coverage and avoid fees seen in this year’s tax season.

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The Internal Revenue Service issued a consumer alert Friday warning taxpayers to beware of tax preparers who tell clients to give them their health insurance payments.

Sageworks announced a marketing partnership with QBExpress, Intuit’s large network of QuickBooks consultants.

Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. said it’s more than just a hedge fund investing vehicle as the Internal Revenue Service weighs tightening regulation for offshore companies.

As CPAs, we usually live in a world of absolutes.