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Technology news from the previous month

Beginning Jan. 1, 2014, many large employers will be subject to the "play or pay" mandate, under which they must either play by offering their full-time employees and their dependents affordable health insurance coverage that provides minimum value or pay a penalty, referred to as the "play or pay penalty" or "shared responsibility penalty."

The IRS has released two notices related to employer-sponsored health plans under the Affordable Care Act.

Tea Party groups were more likely than self-identified “progressives” to be given extra scrutiny for political involvement by the Internal Revenue Service from 2010 through 2012, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is reportedly pressing PricewaterhouseCoopers and other major accounting firms to drop their longstanding mandatory retirement age policies, and the American Institute of CPAs is asking them to stop.

Legal matters, mega alliances, and yet another cloud bookkeeping product on the market were the big items on tap this week and I'm here to tell you what I think about it all.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the core of the Defense of Marriage Act will narrow the financial gap between gay and straight couples.

Everything you need to know about the DOMA ruling but were afraid to ask ...

The chairmen of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards are both set to retire on June 30 as their terms near an end.

A new small business-focused cloud bookkeeping product has been launched by Cheqbook, a Hawaii-based company that offers color-coded alerts and categorization for all entries.

Almost half of CPAs indicated that they offer some kind of financial planning services, but a far smaller number have a formally structured practice with their own Registered Investment Advisor or an affiliation with an outside broker/dealer or RIA, according to a new study.

Accounting Today is issuing a call for nominations for its annual Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting list.

Acknowledgements, office relocations and more…

The next time a client complains about the complexity of our tax system, tell them about the proposed financial transactions tax, or FTT. The European Union is moving close to agreeing on an FTT that at the beginning will apply to 11 member states, including France and Italy.

New hires, promotions, accolades and recognitions

The two leaders of the Senate Finance Committee have offered to take a “blank slate” approach as a starting point for tax reform, in which there would be virtually no tax breaks available, and called on their Senate colleagues to provide suggestions on which tax provisions need to be added back and improved in a reformed tax code.

Newly released resource forecasting tools are now available in the latest version of CCHProSystem fx Practice Management that are designed to make it possible for firms to plan their client work in weekly increments and for partners and billing managers to see client work planned for the upcoming week or for weeks in advance.

Oracle, NetSuite and Deloitte have formed a strategic alliance focused on plans to deliver integrated human capital management(HCM) and ERP cloud services for midsized customers.

Small businesses across the U.S. are feeling more optimistic about the months ahead as financial conditions rebound, but concerns remain about hiring and growth, according to a new report.