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CCH has updated its ProSystem fx Tax solution with new, integrated CCH eSign functionality in response to the IRS's recent change to Form 8879.

Marcum Search LLC, the executive recruiting affiliate of accounting and advisory firm Marcum LLP, has acquired the Melville, N.Y.-based full-service staffing firm ProSearch Inc.

Republicans in Congress want to add language to a U.S. aid plan for Ukraine that would block a proposed IRS rule curbing political activity by tax-exempt groups, Senator Bob Corker said Tuesday.

A former banker at a Credit Suisse Group AG unit pleaded guilty to helping American clients evade taxes, increasing pressure on the bank amid a U.S. probe of how it helped wealthy Americans cheat the Internal Revenue Service.

Shareholders at annual general meetings are expected to question management and board members about a number of hot topics this year, included audit firm tenure, COSO’s new internal control framework, mergers, spinoffs, cybersecurity, disaster planning and executive pay, according to BDO USA.

Cloud Summit 2014, directed at accounting professionals, CPAs and business owners interested in exploring and implementing virtual financial applications, will be held Sept. 17-19 in San Diego, Calif.

Many individual tax returns select a third-party designee, but even though this designation is widely used, its scope is often misunderstood.

Xero has been a revelation to small and growing businesses that were in need of top-notch small business accounting software.

Organizations will be facing problems finding the right employees and leadership in the years ahead, according to a new report from Deloitte.

Lois Lerner, who oversaw the Internal Revenue Service’s scrutiny of Tea Party groups, was looking for someone from every branch of government to help resolve the issue that eventually cost her job.

Policy makers on both sides of the partisan divide, from Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew to Mitt Romney’s economic adviser Glenn Hubbard, favor expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit. This rare harmony holds the potential to reshape the debate on bridging the growing opportunity gap.

Cloud migration software provider AppZero announced Tuesday a $3 million round of funding to support its work moving enterprises to the cloud.

Cloud solutions provider Cloud Technology Partners announced the general availability of PaaSLane 2.0, which analyzes Java and .NET application source code to improve cloud readiness and accelerate application migration to the cloud.

The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation and the International Accounting Standards Board are reaching out to Islamic countries to elicit their support for IFRS, with a working group dedicated to making sure the standards don’t conflict with Sharia law.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released a new online pension implementation toolkit to help preparers, auditors, and users of state and local government financial reports understand and apply the revised pension accounting and financial reporting standards

The firms with the highest 2013 revenue growth in our Top 100 Firms/Regional Leaders list

Orienge LLC has introduced the latest version of Conterra Financial Information Management (FIM), Conterra FIM 1.3.

Some key trends spotted in Accounting Today's annual ranking of the Top 100 Firms and Regional Leaders.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has responded to a post-implementation review of its accounting standard for fair value measurement, saying it doesn’t plan to make any comprehensive changes.

The Internal Revenue Service is seeking civic-minded volunteers to serve on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, a federal advisory committee that listens to taxpayers, identifies major taxpayer concerns and makes recommendations for improving IRS services.