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Self-described conservative and Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status were asked more questions by the Internal Revenue Service and had longer delays than progressive organizations, according to an analysis by the House Ways and Means Committee.

Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG, a bank based in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, has agreed to pay more than $23.8 million to the United States and entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York under which it produced account files of more than 200 noncompliant U.S. taxpayers.

Accounting and finance professionals will need to have a global perspective in the years ahead, according to a new survey from Robert Half Management Resources.

Private sector employers added 200,000 jobs from June to July, with the job gains distributed across all sizes of businesses and in many industries, including professional and business services.

A recent Forrester survey found that 69 percent of surveyed mid- to large-sized businesses view cloud-based expense management software as beneficial to cost reduction, believing such products could help reduce expenses by 20 percent or more, though few are using them.

Accounting Today is now accepting submissions for its annual Managing Partner Elite list of top firm leaders.

SWK Technologies has signed an agreement with UK-based Sage ERP X3 partner Inixion to collaborate on sales and implementation projects of the enterprise product, which will span the territories served by both firms.

Top 10 Firm BDO USA LLP announced that its revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30 was $683 million, an increase of 10.5 percent over the previous year’s revenue of $618 million.

These days you’re not likely to pick up an accounting publication or surf the blogosphere without coming across an article on portals, or more specifically, client portals for file sharing.

President Barack Obama, prodding Congress to consider fresh economic proposals after two years of gridlock, called for restructuring business taxes so long as the initial revenue generated goes toward job creation.

Both public and private companies saw an increase in the auditing fees they paid to outside firms, according to a new survey by Financial Executives International.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has appointed Miles Everson as U.S. Advisory Services Leader, effective immediately.

Even IRS agents can make simple mistakes in business, such as violating the old adage to “put it in writing.” Even so, the Tax Court in a recent case believed the IRS agent’s testimony regarding an oral contract she had with her mother-in-law.

The leaders of Congress’s two main tax committees continued their tax reform road show tour with a stop at a New Jersey small business that makes kitchen appliances.

Better oversight of IRS revenue officers who are assigned to collect overdue taxes is needed to ensure their actions are completed on a timely basis, according to a new government report.

Whether it’s locked in audit and tax preparation systems, time and billing records, or lying dormant in individual Excel files, there’s a huge amount of value in data residing in CPA firms’ information systems simply waiting to be mined and turned into profitability and growth.

A longtime Internal Revenue Service employee was indicted on charges of laundering the proceeds of marijuana sales.

Red Wing Software Inc. has released of an Assemblies Module to its CenterPoint Accounting Software series, which will give users the ability to manage a production plan and build assemblies.

The IRS is reminding taxpayers that it has unveiled a “simpler option” to figure the business use of a home.

What companies need to know as the IRS shifts its compliance focus