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In response to this action by the IRS, American University professors Donald Williamson and David Kautter have created a list of "Tax Best Practices for Small Businesses," a checklist designed to help small business entrepreneurs stay up to date on all tax-related issues, and away from the scrutiny of the IRS.

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For companies considering a transition to IFRS, careful planning is critical

Tracing the few moments of liberation in the standard-setter's history

The IRS needs to tighten up its procedures for handling requests for tax account information, according to a recent report.

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a New Jersey-based audit firm and one of its founding partners Monday for their roles in the botched audits of a China-based company that failed to disclose related party transactions by its CEO and others.

With a political stalemate looming in Washington, the Treasury Department and the IRS released their contingency plan for what would happen at the service in the event of a government shutdown -- and one thing that wouldn't happen is any postponement of tax filing deadlines.

Lee Ferber, a partner at Gettry Marcus, was appointed president of The National CPA Health Care Advisors Association for the 2014 calendar year.

Answers, and details, on the first big deadline of the ACA

Deloitte has added TMA Construction Consultants to its financial advisory services group. The new addition will bolster Deloitte's infrastructure and capital projects expertise throughout Canada.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board launched an updated website Monday that includes more user-friendly navigation and “plain English” resources covering accounting and financial reporting issues for state and local governments.

Journyx has released a customized offering for Microsoft Dynamics GP, adding time and expense tracking and other related tools for users of the ERP product.

Adaptive Planning has signed on Microsoft Dynamics partner and corporate performance consultant Corporate Renaissance Group to its channel, allowing the firm to offer the cloud-based budgeting and planning product to customers in Canada and the Northeastern U.S.

As if the tax and accounting business itself wasn’t busy enough, demand is also up for teachers of college-level accounting courses.

The IRS announced that all the designated empowerment zones where employers and other taxpayers qualify for special tax incentives will remain in effect through the end of the year.

Managers in accounting, finance and IT are looking to strengthen their hiring plans for the rest of the year, according to a new hiring forecast from recruiting company Brilliant.