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Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sanctioned a software company for having inadequate internal controls.

The Tax Court recently upheld a ruling that patent holders must give up control of a transferred patent to treat royalty income from it as capital gains.

CAMICO, the largest CPA-directed program of insurance and risk management in the country, has announced the formation a new program with Berkley Design Professional Underwriters, on Wednesday.

Thomson Reuters announced that UltraTax CS will include an eSignature offering for the upcoming tax season.

One time I received a call with a referral from another professional that was an adversary in a contentious deal on which I represented a client. I thanked him but expressed surprise since we seemed to always be at each other’s throats.

The Affordable Care Act and how it will affect the upcoming tax season seems to be clearer, according to Chuck McCabe.

The IRS could improve the way it picks problematic paid preparers for further enforcement actions, according to a recent report.

AuditFile recently raised $3 million in a round led by SaaS and technology-focused private equity firm Banneker Partners.

Every once in a-while, I get the urge to put together a new PC.

Over three quarters of accounting firms reported in a recent survey that they allow staff to work remotely.

The federal government has filed eight civil injunction suits in Florida to shutter 192 “Loan Buy Sell Tax Services” Tax Services locations.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Silicon Valley software company and two former executives in an accounting fraud where timesheets were falsified to hit quarterly financial targets.

KPMG announced a new alliance with technology company Nuix to assist clients in managing their large amounts of unstructured data.

CPA/comedian Greg Kyte combines stand-up and professional education with the launch of Comedy CPE.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Top 10 Firm CohnReznick LLP has signed a letter of intent to combine with Bethesda, Md.-based Top 100 Firm Watkins Meegan LLC on November 1.

The AICPA said in its Sept. 24 letter that it “strongly supports” the IRS’s effort to develop standards allowing for electronic signature. However, stricter methods of achieving these means were urged

The Internal Revenue Service introduced Form 1023-EZ in July to streamline application for recognition of tax exemptions under Section 501(c)(3) of the Tax Code. However, the agency’s decision to streamline exempt processes has sparked criticism from large charity groups, although some have applauded the agency for introducing this program.

The IRS is warning international financial institutions complying with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of an ongoing fraud.