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Xerox Corporation chief accounting officer Gary Kabureck has been appointed to serve as a member of the International Accounting Standards Board starting in April.

The Internal Revenue Service is taking further steps to combat identity theft, including issuing proposed regulations that allow taxpayers to truncate the identification numbers on some tax documents they file.

Social media sites Facebook and LinkedIn are enjoying massive tax breaks on stock options, according to recent reports.

CPA2Biz has made several improvements to its CPA.com email service including more storage space and access to Google functions.

Accounting firm ParenteBeard has launched a Small Business Tax Toolkit offering online advice to small business owners who are looking for guidance on their taxes.

NetSuite Inc. has made its OpenAir Mobile professional services automation(PSA) product available for the Android operating system, giving services businesses new mobile functionality to manage time tracking and expenses on the smartphone platform.

Cloud accounting and finance education and advocacy group the Cloud Accounting (CAI), is again seeking participation for its second annual benchmark survey on cloud and SaaS solutions software usage.

The Internal Revenue Service has introduced a new tool for determining a taxpayer’s eligibility for an offer in compromise that can help lower the taxpayer’s outstanding tax debts.

CPAs have long been sought after as Centers of Influence, or COIs, by members of the financial services profession for many years.

The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that it has observed problems with the filings for education tax credits that could be delaying processing of the tax returns.

Ziptr, the secure communications service predominantly targeting legal and accounting professionals, today released Ziptr version 2.2 with improvements to sign-up, product access, and overall usability of the service.

Sage North America today released Sage Fixed Assets 2013.1 with enhancements to aid businesses in taking advantage of the latest tax laws, such as those recently enacted with the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, as well as updated audit features.

The Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants recently surveyed its CPA members about the most creative tax deductions proposed by their clients. Here are some of the most memorable responses from the MNCPA's annual list of strange and unacceptable tax deductions for 2012.

This past week certainly had its share of vendor news, from executive hires to new or updated offerings, but none was more noteworthy than the Sage North America sell-off of three members of its product line

Last year, about $450 million belonging to top executives at billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson’s New York firm took a quick round trip to Bermuda.

KPMG has signed an agreement to acquire the Hackett Group’s Oracle enterprise resource planning practice from the strategic advisory and business transformation consulting firm.

Accounting and consulting firm Crowe Horwath LLP has introduced Crowe K-1 Navigator, a tool that helps streamline Schedule K-1 tax-reporting processes for flow-through businesses such as partnerships and S corporations.

Audit and risk management product maker ACL is now offering its ACL Workpapers product for the iPad and iPhone.

Victims of the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that took place on February 10 in parts of Mississippi may qualify for tax relief.

In my consulting activity the last few months of 2012, I saw the emerging symptoms of a new disorder in many family business owners: Post-Traumatic Gift Disorder, or PTGD.