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The Internal Revenue Service has opened its new online registration system for financial institutions that need to register with the IRS under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

The Internal Revenue Service has introduced the IRS Understanding Taxes program, a free online tool designed for classroom use by teachers.

The ratio of audit fees over revenue was the lowest last year since 2004, according to a report by the research firm Audit Analytics, making it the lowest since the implementation of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

The Institute of Internal Auditors plans to open a new American Center for Government Auditing in early 2014 and has hired a new director to run it.

Partner and sales growth, as well as product as product enhancements were a primary focus of a keynote address by Acumatica chief executive Yury Larichev at this year’s Partner Summit.

Crowe Horwath LLP has formed a strategic partnership with Chan Healthcare.

The Business Learning Institute has developed a career curriculum for CPAs who want to gain competencies to become leaders in their firms, along with new tools for firms to use in attracting new talent.

Top 10 Firm BDO USA LLP has expanded its presence in San Antonio by bringing on three partners and 25 staff from Regional Leader TravisWolff.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board found deficiencies in all of the firms it inspected that audit broker-dealers, according to a report released Monday, and in 95 percent of the individual audits that the PCAOB inspected.

Terry Parker has been tapped to serve as chair-elect of The Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Sageworks said Monday that it will be offering its database of industry statistics on privately held companies for free to all U.S. accounting firms.

Acumatica has signed an exclusive, multi-million dollar OEM deal with MYOB to enable the Australia-based accounting software maker to localize and distribute Acumatica’s cloud ERP platform to midsized customers.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board unveiled far-reaching proposals this week for enhancing the auditor’s reporting model in what could be the biggest transformation of the audit report in over 70 years.

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Intacct has hired former accounting/ERP partner veteran Mike Silver as its new partner enablement manager, after stints at Acumatica and top Microsoft Dynamics partner SBS Group.

The Internal Revenue Service has released a draft version of a new form for reporting on foreign bank accounts under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

CFOs are feeling more confident about the U.S. economy and are planning to do more hiring, according to a new survey.

At long last the 2013 Accounting Today VAR 100 list is out and I’d like to give some viewpoints on what we’ve learned about how they got there, what makes a top accounting/ERP channel partner these days and do we really still need the term VAR?

The Internal Revenue Service is going after the estate of Bill Davidson, former owner of the Detroit Pistons and auto industry supplier Guardian Industries, to the tune of more than $2 billion.