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Michael Balter has joined Marcum LLP as partner-in-charge of the firm’s Florida Region. He additionally serves as partner-in-charge of Assurance Services for the Florida Region and also has joined the firm’s executive committee.

As previously reported, Troy K. Lewis, chair of the Tax Executive Committee of the AICPA, spoke to a Senate panel on Tuesday, urging Congress to pass legislation that would give natural disaster victims access to permanent and prompt tax relief.

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the former vice presidential nominee, has been selected by members of the House Republican Steering Committee to serve as chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, Congress's main tax-writing committee.

Donor-advised funds have increasingly become the charitable vehicle of choice over the last 10 years for both advisors and clients.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking a fresh look at the question of allowing U.S. public companies to use International Financial Reporting Standards.

Intuit is teaming with Revel Systems as the premier partner to launch QuickBooks Point of Sale powered by Revel Systems.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission have issued new guidance on so-called “pushdown accounting,” which occurs when an acquired organization uses the acquirer’s basis of accounting to prepare its financial statements.

An official from the American Institute of CPAs testified at a Senate hearing Tuesday on the need for Congress to pass legislation giving victims of natural disasters automatic access to permanent and timely tax relief.

Crowe Horwath LLP has issued a year-end tax-planning guide with information on income tax deductions, education planning, investing, retirement and estate planning, and tax rates.

Top 100 Firm McGladrey LLP has signed a definitive agreement to acquire considerably all of the assets of the Oklahoma City-based firm Cole + Reed. The deal is expected to close on December 1.

Avalara and GlobalCollect announced a strategic partnership to provide payment and indirect tax compliance services to ecommerce companies trading cross-border.

BDO USA LLP has entered into an agreement to acquire Top 100 Firm UHY Advisor's Texas practice. The deal is expected to close on December 1.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is doing more rigorous cost/benefit analyses of any new changes in accounting standards, and in some cases that is causing some of the divergence from the International Accounting Standards Board, according to FASB officials.

Neat, provider of smart organization systems for small businesses and home offices, announced new integrations with Intuit’s QuickBooks Online.

Josh Braunstein, vice president of research and learning at Wolters Kluwer CCH, discusses how the company is integrating its tax research with popular search engines, in an interview at the CCH Connections conference in Orlando with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

Last week I wrote about wanting to always be the “other guy’s accountant.” I received a number of calls and emails asking how I do it so here is a follow-up.

Jody Padar, CEO and principal of the New Vision CPA Group in the Chicago area, announced “The Radical CPA: New Rules for the Future-Ready Firm,” a new online workshop on "radical transformation of the accounting firm business model," as well as a book by the same name.

Sageworks has introduced Sageworks CFO, a financial analysis suite of tools for CFOs, financial professionals and executives.

The National Society of Accountants is suggesting some year-end tax tips to help businesses save money on taxes for this year and beyond, courtesy of Wolters Kluwer CCH.

The National Society of Accountants has offered a set of year-end tax tips for individual taxpayers, courtesy of Wolters Kluwer CCH.