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It’s been kicking around in one form or another for the better part of a decade, but it looks as though it finally has some momentum.

The Internal Revenue Service is continuing to make progress in its implementation of key elements of the Affordable Care Act, according to a new government report, but it could expand the use of employer-provided health care information to ensure employer, health insurer and taxpayer compliance with the ACA.

Internal Revenue Service Acting Commissioner Steven T. Miller told a congressional panel Thursday that while tax season began with delays caused by the late passage of the fiscal cliff legislation, the rest of the season eventually went smoothly.

International Federation of Accountants CEO Fayezul Choudhury, a former World Bank official, discusses how accountants can make a difference with projects in emerging markets in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

Intuit expects approximately 4 percent revenue growth in TurboTax for the 2013 fiscal year, the company said today.

The Internal Revenue Service released its final report Thursday summarizing its audits of tax-exempt colleges and universities and found that many of them underreport taxable income from their unrelated businesses.

Additional payroll options are coming to Xero users as the cloud accounting software maker signed a partnership with online payroll service SurePayroll.

Sage North America has made available Sage 50 Construction Accounting 2014, offering the ability to accept mobile payments, enhancements to accounts receivable, and integrated Sage Intelligence reporting.

John Dailey Jr., a partner at Bowman & Co., has been elected to serve as president of the N.J. State Board Accountancy.

The majority of Americans prefer long-term financial planning over get-rich-quick schemes, according to a new survey.

The IRS is taking a “formalistic approach” in interpreting its own Section 6011 regulations on disclosing reportable transactions, but not following its own rules on which tax years to assess the Section 6707A penalty.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Capital One Financial Corporation and two of its senior executives with understating millions of dollars in losses on auto loans in the months leading up to the financial crisis.

U.S. management-level accounting and finance employees work an average of 48 hours in a standard week, while non-management staff work an average of 42 hours, according to a new report.

Grant Thornton LLP has promoted Frank Kurre to office managing partner for its New York practice.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has issued a formal policy statement in an effort to get more cooperation from public accounting firms in assisting with the PCAOB’s investigations of their audits.

Free online accounting software maker Wave is now offering an iOS payroll tool as a companion app to their online payroll product.

Microsoft confirmed it is trying to establish a BPO program for accounting firms behind cloud versions of its Dynamics NAV and GP ERP products.

Top 20 Firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP is expanding its presence in the New York City market by merging with local Top 100 Firm Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP.

Recent research into William Shakespeare by literary scholars indicates that he may have been a great dramatist, but he was truly the Bad Bard when it came to paying his taxes.

Rebecca Ryan of Next Generation Consulting discusses with Accounting Today senior editor Danielle Lee how one firm overcame its managers' reluctance to go to networking events and pass out business cards to bring in more clients.