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The International Federation of Accountants has issued a policy paper that stresses the importance of reporting on broad-based information beyond what is traditionally included in financial reporting.

CCH has released a new tax briefing offering insights and analysis to assist tax practitioners and their clients with year-end tax planning.

There was lots of vendor and consultant news over the past week, but overall we want to know what’s up with all the funding going into cloud accounting software, and where exactly does Intuit factor in?

Mary Kopczynski, CEO of 8of9 Consulting, discusses the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, and its implications, delays and controversies, in the first of a two-part interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

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The Canadian Securities Administrators, an umbrella organization of Canada’s provincial and territorial securities regulators, has proposed changes to its auditor oversight rules with the goal of giving securities regulators more insight into situations where Canada’s audit firm regulator has imposed sanctions on an audit firm.

Sage, Epicor and Intacct partner e2b teknologies has released Anytime Collect 2014, the latest version if its flagship accounts receivable management software which now features a browser-based design, improved communication workflow, redesigned screens and new icons.

BDO USA once again took the top spot among major firms in our quarterly ranking of new Securities and Exchange Commission audit clients, this time with a whopping 36 net new clients -- the result, largely, of a number of major mergers the firm completed over the summer.

The majority of the U.S. government, including the U.S. Tax Court, shut down on October 1. Late this past Wednesday, Congress voted to reopen the government through January 15 of next year. Despite the shutdown, the statutory deadline of 90 days for filing a petition in the Tax Court cannot be extended. Yet during the shutdown, the Tax Court was not accepting hand delivery and very likely was not opening its mail.

AccountantWorld has upgraded its cloud-based payroll-processing system for accountants, Payroll Relief.

The career outlook for women in finance and accounting has improved in the last 10 years, according to a new survey of CFOs by the staffing company Robert Half.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Financial Reporting Executive Committee has submitted a comment letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board suggesting changes in the latest proposals for lease accounting standards.

New York-based Justworks has officially launched its online payroll and benefits platform, Justworks.com designed for new businesses to manage payroll and offer large-company benefits while ensuring legal compliance.

Intacct is now integrated with Salesforce Identity, which delivers identity services to any app, on any device and centrally managed through the Salesforce platform.

O’Connor Davies LLP and Fazio, Mannuzza, Roche, Tankel, LaPilusa LLC have agreed to merge. The combination is set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2014 and will operate under the O’Connor Davies name.

Deloitte has launched US GAAP Plus, a new Web site that provides news, publications and project updates about U.S. and international accounting standard setting.

The Internal Revenue Service has delayed the 2014 season for renewing Preparer Tax Identification Numbers because of the government shutdown that ended last night.

After the partisan passions and heated rhetoric, the disruptions of a government shutdown and displays of dysfunction, Congress did what it could have done weeks ago: voted to fund the government and lift the debt limit.

When it comes to tax disputes, there are three different forums in which to bring a lawsuit, and sometimes the choice makes a difference in the result.