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Everybody knows the danger of sending things inadvertently in an email. Beda Singenberger’s case shows you also have to be pretty careful when you mail things the old-fashioned way.

Accounting and consulting firm Fuoco Group said Thursday that it is introducing a new Fuoco Commercial Funding business to help private and institutional investors access financing for real estate deals.

Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee said Thursday they plan to begin developing a proposal for overhauling the nation’s Tax Code.

Tax software developer Greatland Corporation has outlined a plan to further accelerate growth through strategic acquisitions during 2013.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Private Companies Practice Section released the results of its 2012 PCPS Succession Survey not long ago, and it provides us with data from nearly 1,000 firms across the U.S. on how they are dealing (or not) with succession.

Fitch Ratings is warning that approval of a Financial Accounting Standards Board proposal on the treatment of credit losses for loans and other financial assets could eventually force U.S. banks to book expected losses early, putting pressure on their reserve levels and reported earnings.

Armanino has released an integrated application for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 that supports the product lifecycle for manufacturers, distributors and medical device and life sciences companies.

Todd Christie, the brother of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, has joined Ernst & Young as director of the firm’s Northeast Practice Market Team, but brings along some baggage, including settled SEC charges.

Cyberattacks, fraud in foreign markets, global economic conditions, M&A plans and the sequester are among the topics that are expected to dominate the discussion at shareholder annual meetings this year, according to a survey by accounting firm BDO USA.

The International Accounting Education Standards Board has issued a set of revised standards for the initial professional development of accountants emphasizing that practical experience plays a key role in developing the competence of fledgling accountants.

A majority of business leaders believe tax reform should be separated from reforms to government entitlement programs and deficit reduction, according to a new poll.

CCH’s sales and use tax calculation product Sales Tax Office has completed the certification process for integration in the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 ERP system.

Valerie Dolan has been promoted to partner at Nisivoccia LLP.

The Internal Revenue Service has found that changes in Form 8863, Education Credits, are delaying more than 600,000 tax returns, many of which appear to come from H&R Block.

A former Internal Revenue Service official has pleaded guilty to violating a criminal conflict of interest law and illegally disclosing confidential audit information while he was an IRS employee.

Ten multinational U.S.-based corporations, including Apple, Merck, Microsoft and Pfizer, each increased their foreign profits by $5 billion or more last year, continuing a trend in which U.S. corporations held more of their money in low-tax countries.

House Republicans and Senate Democrats are introducing competing budget plans with starkly different tax proposals.

The chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, Dave Camp R-Mich., released a set of proposals Tuesday discussion draft aimed at reforming the tax laws for small businesses.

In the past four years, the quantity of financial restatements from SEC public registrants has leveled off and their severity has remained low, according to a new report by the research firm Audit Analytics, but restatements have increased from accelerated filers for the third straight year.

The Internal Revenue Service has programs that are supposed to improve its ability to identify taxpayers who represent a potential danger to IRS employees, but many IRS employees are unaware that such protections even exist, according to a new government report.