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H&R Block and Liberty Tax have been expanding from traditional tax preparation services into other areas such as bookkeeping as they reach out to service small business clients year-round, giving traditional accountants some extra competition.

Wipfli announced a partnership with Vertex SMB, the sales and use tax solutions provider for small and medium-sized business, to deliver a solution to that market.

Adding a set of simple sentences to your firm’s engagement letters could go a long way to making your firm safer from lawsuits, a legal expert told accountants at the Midwest Accounting Show.

Many of the biggest concerns for accounting firms in the future relate to people issues, according to Illinois CPA Society president and CEO Todd Shapiro.

AccountantsWorld has redesigned Website Relief, the company’s cloud-based software for helping accounting firms create websites and virtual offices.

Dale Jensen has been appointed partner-in-charge of Weaver’s oil and gas industry practice.Brad Jay has been tapped as partner-in-charge of the firm’s manufacturing, distribution and retail industry practice.

The Indiana CPA Society's recently established CPA Center of Excellence has published a new book on “CPA Excellence.”

Billionaire Warren Buffett was an ally of President Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign and the force behind Obama’s “Buffett Rule,” designed to increase tax bills for the wealthiest Americans.

New Mexico State University revealed a $15K accounting scholarship courtesy of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, according to a recent online statement from the school.

One of the big trends this summer has been the ALS Association’s remarkable success with its “ice bucket challenge,” but the very success of the campaign could pose a challenge of its own to the ALS Association and other charities.

Nonprofit and for-profit corporations that borrow through the issuance of taxable or tax exempt municipal debt have a new rule about who can give them financial advice.

Armanino LLP is in the process of adding Berger Lewis Accountancy Corporation to its firm. The merger, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close by Jan. 1, 2015.

Deloitte Analytics has announced a collaborative agreement with the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce, under which it will serve a three-year term as an advisory board member for the school's Center for Business Analytics.

American Express is showing off some innovative technologies for tennis fans at the U.S. Open in Queens, N.Y., that might provide some inspiration for financial professionals.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a new accounting standards update to provide guidance on disclosing uncertainties about a business’s ability to continue as a going concern, while further distancing U.S. GAAP from International Financial Reporting Standards.

The Center for Audit Quality has created an online document to help auditors with the decision-making process so they can form auditing and accounting judgments with the appropriate professional skepticism.

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

Thomson Reuters has begun offering a new Checkpoint Learning Tax Research Certificate Program for tax professionals.

Host Analytics announced its Summer 2014 release with new features and enhancements to process automation, reporting, analytics and strategic planning.

Two top Republican lawmakers profited from a corporate tax-avoidance maneuver that the U.S. Treasury Department is seeking to curb.