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The Internal Revenue Service said Friday that it is delaying the planned retirement of its Disclosure Authorization and Electronic Account Resolution online applications for three weeks.

Dan Sailer has joined Katz, Sapper & Miller’s Valuation Services Group as a senior analyst.

The trade association representing credit unions believes that the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s recent proposal to redefine the meaning of a public business entity could open the door to more appropriate accounting standards for credit unions.

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Miles Everson has been selected as PwC’s U.S. Advisory Services Leader.

David Weiner, CEO of Microsoft Dynamics partner UXC Eclipse USA, explains how being a technology consultant has changed drastically in the last 25 years and being a VAR is more about service than software than ever.

Software partner veteran Terry Petrzelka, now a valued advisor and consultant to vendors and resellers discusses the top concerns for accounting technology consultants in this monthly Q&A series.

The Internal Revenue Service is auditing dozens of tax-exempt bond-financed jails, particularly in border states, and suggesting in some cases that, if the jails hold significant amounts of federal inmates, the bonds are no longer tax-exempt and are instead taxable private-activity bonds, sources said Thursday.

Americans renouncing U.S. citizenship surged sixfold in the second quarter from a year earlier as the government prepares to introduce tougher asset-disclosure rules.

Check out the digital edition of the August 2013 issue of Accounting Today.

Among the many tax reform issues to be resolved in the months ahead is whether or not to produce a comprehensive tax reform bill or simply one limited to corporate reform.

CCH has improved navigation and other features in its online IntelliConnect tax and accounting research service, including a redesigned CCH Tax Calendar.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has scheduled a meeting for next Tuesday to consider proposing for public comment a new auditing standard and related amendments to enhance the auditor’s reporting model.

Business process software company Exact is offering a subscription-free, limited release of its Exact Online product to accountants as well as U.S. manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers from now until the end of the year.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday that it has filed an application in a New York federal court for enforcement against a CPA who violated an earlier SEC suspension order.

The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services plans to begin a tax amnesty program from Sept. 16, until November 15, 2013 for any taxable period ending on or before Nov. 30, 2012.

The Financial Reporting Council, the United Kingdom’s standard-setter for accounting, auditing and actuarial work, announced two separate investigations this week into Grant Thornton U.K.’s work with two audit clients, beverage maker Nichols plc., and mortgage lender the Manchester Building Society.

Former McGladrey managing partner and CEO Dave Scudder is returning to the firm to lead a new initiative for attracting emerging middle-market companies as clients.

Private sector employment increased in all nine U.S. Census Bureau Divisions in July, according to payroll giant ADP, with Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, California, Washington and Texas among the states demonstrating the strongest job growth last month.