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The founder of a Swiss trust company that U.S. prosecutors say worked with Credit Suisse Group AG to help American clients evade taxes pleaded guilty in Virginia, increasing pressure on the bank as it tries to resolve a Justice Department criminal probe.

U.S. companies looking for lower tax bills are heading for the exits, and Congress is doing nothing to stop them.

Private sector employers added 220,000 jobs in April, in a sign of a more robust economy taking shape, according to the latest employment report from payroll giant ADP.

I interviewed professionals in charge of human resources at reputable accounting firms to find out how they successfully manage and motivate accounting professionals. I’m confident that if you read on, you’ll learn a thing or two.

Deloitte vice chairman and chief inclusion officer Deb DeHaas discusses the firm's efforts to expand its hiring of military veterans, in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

Lawrence Kahn, managing director and president of Top 100 firm Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd, is ready to retire after 40 years with the firm. Kahn will start his retirement on May 31, 2014.

The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee approved $310 billion of tax breaks, as Republicans defeated Democratic objections to the plan’s budgetary costs.

CCH has published a new tax briefing examining recent federal tax developments and strategies for this past tax season, and how they may affect taxpayers in future tax seasons.

The American Institute of CPAs has issued new technical practice aids to help accountants dealing with recent changes by the Financial Accounting Standards Board stemming from recommendations from the Private Company Council.

The Internal Revenue Service is modifying and clarifying the regulations under Section 367(b) of the Tax Code relating to the treatment of property used to acquire parent stock or securities in certain triangular reorganizations involving foreign corporations, colloquially referred to as the “Killer B regulations,” to close loopholes in the anti-abuse rules.

Avalara announced it has acquired the entire line of Zytax energy-related tax automation solutions for U.S. and international jurisdictions.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to amend the regulations for the treatment of U.S. taxpayers who own passive foreign investment company stock through tax-exempt organizations.

Netsuite announced results for its first quarter of 2014, reporting $123 million, a 34 percent increase over the same period the prior year.

Prospective deals by General Electric Co. and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. show how the U.S. tax code is helping drive billion-dollar mergers and acquisitions.

I admit it. I am a control fanatic. And if you’re reading this, you probably are, too.

The House has unanimously passed the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, also known as the DATA Act, on Monday, following Senate passage earlier this month and sending the legislation to President Obama’s desk for his signature.

The IRS has released the 2014 update to its Allowable Living Expense Standards that apply to taxpayers who need to delay full payment of delinquent taxes.

For both consumers and corporations, the lower the income, the higher the rate of tax penalties, according to new research.

State tax policies need to be updated to better address new business models such as cloud computing, as well as a change that began long ago—the nation’s shift toward a service-based economy, according to the just-published Bloomberg BNA’s 14th annual Survey of State Tax Departments.

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