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Congratulations - you're a new parent! But how will work respond? It's no secret that maternal or parental leave differs from company to company, with benefits ranging from exceptional to unremarkable. Thankfully, Working Mother Magazine has compiled a handy list of 100 companies that treat recent parents with the best programs and support. Notably, a number of tax and accounting firms have been recognized for their work/life balance.

The owner of Del Tax Services pleaded guilty to willfully preparing false tax returns for clients.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has released its first set of recommendations for a coordinated international approach to combat tax avoidance by multinational enterprises, under the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project.

Greatland has combined its Winfiler, speedEfiler.com and FileTaxes.com services to create a new W-2 and 1099 reporting and online filing system it is calling Yearli.

Networking is one of the simplest tools you can use to maximize your accounting firm’s business opportunities and increase your connections with potential clients.

An industry group is urging the House to postpone a vote on legislation that would scale back Securities and Exchange Commission requirements for companies to file their financial statements using Extensible Business Reporting Language, or XBRL, technology.

Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee are hoping their fellow members of Congress will work on passing tax extenders legislation to renew expired tax provisions for individual and business taxpayers, but the legislation probably will not be passed until after the midterm elections this fall.

U.S. Wealth Management president and CEO John Napolitano discusses why accountants should build a family office services practice to help high net worth clients with their financial planning and wealth management, in an interview with Accounting Today managing editor Tamika Cody.

Slashing a CEO’s compensation after a company produces disappointing financial results may help improve earnings for a time, but it can also encourage earnings manipulation, according to a new study.

Jeffrey Zudeck has joined the firm as partner-in-charge of the Philadelphia Region

Cleveland-based firm Meaden & Moore LLP has announced a partnership with Canadian-based LBC International, Ltd., creating the new partnership Meaden & Moore International LLP (MMI), which will combine LBC's London office with Meaden & Moore's UK subsidiary.

Approximately 7.2 percent of U.S. employees have their wages garnished, according to a new study released Monday by the payroll giant ADP, with the percentage rising to 10 percent for those who earn between $25,000 and $39,999 per year.

A pair of reports were released Monday claiming to rank the most and least fair state tax systems and the most and least competitive international tax systems.

No network connection, no problem, for users of SuperBeam, who can directly share files between their devices without the need for a data connection.

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The IRS must be one of the most frequently sued agencies in the federal government, and now it’s facing a challenge over whether it has the right to charge tax preparers for the annual cost of a Preparer Tax Identification Number.

Intuit announced it will integrate DocuSign’s Digital Transaction Management and electronic signature technology into its professional tax software products for the next tax season.

Wolters Kluwer, CCH announced the extension of its technology and research partnership with the IRS.

In last week’s column, I discussed how I went about saving a client’s business that the IRS was in danger of closing. Now here is the nitty-gritty.