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The Internal Revenue Service is putting the focus on small businesses next week in connection with Small Business Week with a pair of webinars on independent contractors and major tax mistakes.

Do clients ever tell you they’ve priced-shopped your services? Do they ever leave with no explanation, maybe because they were price focused? Or are you worried you’ll have to lower your prices or continue to forego increases in order to retain good customers?

Intuit officially declared Thursday, May 8, Accountant Day, designed to showcase the company's partnership with accountant customers and shared via social media.

Thomson Reuters has formed a strategic relationship with Avention to give users of its ONESOURCE Transfer Pricing software access to Avention’s industry report module.

Concur announced more than 30 new partners to the Concur App Center during its client event in New Orleans.

The Financial Accounting Foundation has issued its 2013 Annual Report, entitled “The Road Ahead,” outlining the future direction of the FAF and the standard-setting boards it oversees, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.

SWK Technologies, business technology solutions and services provider, announced closing on the acquisition of ESC Software, an Arizona-based reseller of Sage Software and Acumatica applications.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a proposed accounting standards update on “pushdown accounting” from FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to hold a former Internal Revenue Service official in contempt of Congress yesterday for refusing to answer questions about her role in scrutinizing Tea Party groups.

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen testified before the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee on Wednesday about the 2014 tax filing season and other matters, including problems with administering the Earned Income Tax Credit and oversight of tax preparers.

California Society of CPAs CEO Loretta Doon, Missouri Society of CPAs president and CEO Jim O'Hallaron and South Carolina Association of CPAs CEO Erin Hardwick Pate discuss the work of the CPA Society Executives Association with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood.

There are a number of due dates that don’t apply to all taxpayers, but are easily missed when they do apply and will subject the taxpayer to harsh penalties if they overlook them.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has issued a supplemental request for comments on its proposal to reorganize the existing PCAOB auditing standards, while also providing an online demonstration of the proposed reorganization, presenting the existing auditing standards as they would look if reorganized according to the proposed framework.

Creative Signals, a digital marketing company, has created a new infographic entitled “Accounting Tools for the Digital Age, “ describing various types of accounting software, cloud-based services and devices used by accounting professionals.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has announced settled disciplinary orders against two audit firms and four individuals for violating federal securities laws, including one case of fraud, and violating PCAOB rules and auditing standards relating to auditor independence, quality control and audit documentation.

Continuity Software announced the launch of AvailabilityGuard software version 6.3 (v6.3).

Open Systems announced additional functionality in its TRAVERSE Advanced Warehouse Management Solution.

Xpitax announced a custom solution for members of the Professional Association of Small Business Accountants.

Premature withdrawals from retirement accounts have become America’s new piggy bank, cracked open in record amounts during lean times by people like Cindy Cromie, who needed the money to rent a U-Haul and start a new life.

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and the International Integrated Reporting Council said Wednesday they are creating a public sector pioneer network to promote the implementation of integrated reporting in the public sector.