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The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two auditors at KPMG for playing a role in a failed audit of a Nebraska bank that hid millions of dollars in loan losses from investors during the financial crisis and eventually filed for bankruptcy.

FreshBooks has released the full version of its Automatic Expense Import product, which allows small business owners to connect their financial institutions (including bank accounts and credit cards) directly to FreshBooks and have their expenses imported automatically into their account.

National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson told Congress in her annual report that the Internal Revenue Service is not doing enough to assists victims of tax-related identity theft and tax return preparer fraud.

The need to cut the federal budget deficit should be the government’s top economic priority, according to a survey of CPAs.

Dennis Quichocho has been named as Lindquist LLP’s newest partner.

The Internal Revenue Service warned electronic filing providers Wednesday that they must not submit tax returns electronically before receiving all Forms W-2, W-2G and 1099-R from taxpayers.

I talk about the BBB with my clients a lot. No, this BBB is not the Better Business Bureau; it is the Baby Boomer Bubble.

CCH has enhanced its entire series of CCH Smart Charts, including State Tax Smart Charts, Worldwide Tax Rates and Answers, and Federal Expiring Provisions Smart Charts for Apple iPhone, iPad and Android mobile devices.

The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that it plans to open the 2013 tax filing season and begin processing individual income tax returns on Jan. 30, more than a week after the initially planned start date of Jan. 22, but some returns cannot be processed until late February or March.

Crowe Horwath LLP has announced that it plans to add the Microsoft Dynamics automotive consulting team of ExtOrg to its roster.

New York-based Tinari Economics Group has agreed to join the New York and New Jersey regional CPA firm Sobel & Co. as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

Warren Averett LLC has merged with Atlanta-based Gifford, Hillegass & Ingwersen and Pender Newkirk & Company of Tampa, Fla.

The Internal Revenue Service has begun accepting electronic signatures on requests for tax transcripts.

BlumShapiro has merged with the Providence, R.I.-based firm Sullivan & Company.

SS&G has merged with Chicago-based Silver, Lerner, Schwartz & Fertel. The new addition comes with 45 professionals, which doubles SS&G’s numbers in the Chicago market.

Herbein + Company, Inc. has acquired the internal audit, risk management and compliance service provider, Financial Outsourcing Solutions, for an undisclosed amount.

Business process management product provider Kofax plc has released Kofax MarkView for Accounts Payable 8.0, a secure mobile offering for the automated capture and processing of accounts payable information.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has approved a new standard intended to improve accounting and financial reporting for state and local governments’ combinations and disposals of government operations.

Electronic filing and payroll and employee form provider Aatrix Software Inc. has formed a strategic partnership with BGTax Forms to provide W-2/1099 eFiling services via the Aatrix Payroll eFile Center to their customers.

White Nelson Diehl Evans LLP promoted Sean Thorstenson, Steven Combs and David Forman to partner.