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Acumatica seems to have rounded out its spate of high-level appointments with the recent hiring of Jeff Wilson as its new chief financial officer.

A recent Sage North America survey of small to midsized businesses found that laptops and smartphones were the most commonly used mobile devices by employees to access work-related information while out of the office.

A trade group representing credit unions is asking the Financial Accounting Standards Board to delay its proposals for changes in the accounting for credit losses and loan impairments.

As the April 15 tax filing date draws closer, millions of taxpayers still find themselves somewhere between putting the final touches on their tax return and just starting the process.

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued advice Tuesday to taxpayers on hiring tax preparers, saying it is needed to avoid “deceptive and fraudulent practices this tax season.”

Confidence in the ability to afford a comfortable retirement remains low, according to a new survey, reflecting a growing awareness of the challenges in saving enough money.

Some small businesses have shown questionable judgment in claiming SpaghettiOs, dog clothes, plastic surgery and undergarments as tax deductions, according to a new survey of accountants.

Former IRS Commissioner Mark Everson takes a look at current state of the service -- and it's future

Krista McMasters has decided to resign as co-chief executive officer of CliftonLarsonAllen and retire on April 1, 2013, a little over a year after the firm's creation from the merger of Clifton Gunderson and LarsonAllen.

In a move similar to Facebook’s, cloud accounting software maker Xero will only be developing future mobile apps for Apple and Android platforms, foregoing HTML 5.

Microsoft Dynamics will start enabling mobile functions for Microsoft Dynamics AX users, which will include native experiences for smart phones and tablets, and will work “first and best” on Windows Phone and Windows 8.

SAP has released the SAP Fraud Management analytic application powered by SAP HANA, the latest analytics tool from the enterprise software maker designed to integrate with most ERP systems in order to detect, investigate, analyze and prevent irregularities or fraud activity.

Europe’s drive to rescue Cyprus risks undermining a region-wide deposit guarantee plan, a key tenet in the battle to contain the debt crisis, and casts doubt on the ability of the weakest lenders to retain deposits.

The trustees of the IFRS Foundation have included the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board among the national and regional standard-setters in the new Accounting Standards Advisory Forum, the new group that will advise the International Accounting Standards Board on development of International Financial Reporting Standards.

The long-standing communication impasse between accounting software used by businesses and business software used by accountants is finally beginning to dissolve, thanks to the emergence of new cloud-based business intelligence solutions.

The effectiveness of a team set up by the Internal Revenue Service to combat tax fraud and abuse in the Indian tribal sector cannot be determined because no specific performance objectives and measures have ever been developed, according to a new government report.

Webcasting and virtual environment solutions provider ON24 announced the availability of ON24’s continuing education solutions on tablet computers and smartphones, making it the first company to offer National Association of State Boards of Accountancy-compliant virtual CE training for mobile devices.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking for public comments on a proposal from Nasdaq to require Nasdaq-listed companies to establish an internal audit function no later than Dec. 31.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporate Finance has issued new guidance allowing public companies to provide equity-based financing to employees through a program involving loans without violating Sarbanes-Oxley, with some help from former Congressman Michael Oxley himself.

The internal audit function has a greater opportunity to deliver value to businesses outside its traditional focus areas, according to a new survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers, but before it can contribute to businesses in a more meaningful way, it must keep pace and continue to evolve its focus.