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The Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council has released its annual report featuring recommendations on a wide range of tax administration matters, including a suggestion that the IRS expand its voluntary correction programs to make it easier for taxpayers to self-report any prior year non-compliance.

The Bonadio Group and Stulmaker, Kohn & Richardson have finalized an arrangement to merge, and will operate under the Bonadio name beginning December 1.

Jeffrey Harfenist will provide multinational clients with a range of anti-corruption, fraud investigation and compliance services.

A group of corporate governance and policy organizations is urging audit committees at public companies to strengthen their public disclosures so they can convey key elements of their critical work to investors and stakeholders more effectively.

Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., unveiled a series of proposals Wednesday to combat tax fraud and make the tax-filing process simpler and more efficient.

Long-time Sage North America partner RKL eSolutions has effectively expanded its Sage 500 ERP practice, primarily by taking on former consultants, executives and product customers from Portland, Ore.-based Sage partner ISM.

Some big-dollar tax deductions that affect businesses are set to expire in 2013, so now’s the time to make sure your company considers taking advantage of them for the current tax year. Doing so may allow you to buy more equipment, send less to the IRS, or both.

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board are expanding their efforts to deter accounting fraud, reaching out to academics, practitioners and others to find ways to better detect accounting fraud.

The International Accounting Standards Board has introduced a new hedge accounting model as a major step forward in the financial instruments project on which it has been collaborating with the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

At a hearing Monday before the IRS, a number of employer groups urged the agency to alleviate the burdens and costs to employers of health care coverage reporting under the Affordable Care Act by allowing for greater flexibility and simplification in the reporting requirements.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a consumer alert about possible scams taking place in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.

Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., has released the first in a series of discussion drafts for overhauling the Tax Code, with the first set of proposals focusing on international tax reform.

Paychex Inc. has officially introduced Paychex Accounting Online – a secure cloud accounting offering aimed at small businesses and powered by strategic partner Kashoo.

Nonprofit software provider Abila has added a number of new features to its Abila MIP Fund Accounting 2014 and Abila Fundraising 50 2014 solutions, enhancing the former’s mobile capabilities and the latter’s fundraising event planning.

FinancialForce.com has acquired human capital management software maker Vana Workforce and supply chain management software business Less Software for an undisclosed amount.

Top 100 Firm Eide Bailly LLP has added Denver-based NetSuite solutions provider Next Business Systems, boosting its established cloud reselling practice.

Xero has added new features to its cloud accounting software designed to make managing finances and related financial documents in the cloud easier for accounting professionals and small businesses.

The Financial Accounting Foundation and the Financial Accounting Standards Board have launched a new section on the FAF Web site that features audio, transcripts and photos from the September’s FASB@40 Conference hosted in New York to commemorate the FASB’s 40th anniversary.

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The chairmen of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standard Board appeared alongside each other Monday to discuss the status of their efforts to converge accounting standards over the past decade or more and their plans for the future as the convergence effort appears to be running out of steam.