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Paul Beswick is the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new chief accountant.

The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York earlier this week charged three current and former client advisors at Swiss bank Zuercher Kantonalbank with conspiring with at least 180 U.S. taxpayers and others to hide more than $420 million in offshore accounts from the Internal Revenue Service.

Carl George decided to retire after spending 42 years at the Top 100 Firm.

The American Institute of CPAs has developed an online Audit Risk Assessment Tool to help focus in on the potential risk of material misstatements in a financial statement audit due to fraud or error.

Jay R. Horowitz CPA PC and Miller & Co. LLP, of Manhattan, N.Y., have agreed to merge. The deal will take effect on Jan. 1, 2013.

(Bloomberg) -- House Republican leaders canceled a planned vote on Thursday night on Speaker John Boehner's plan to allow higher tax rates for annual income above $1 million, throwing already-stalled budget talks deeper into turmoil.

Professional tax return preparers must renew their PTINs to prepare returns in 2013, the IRS said in a reminder to preparers. Current PTINs expire December 31.

The American Institute of CPAs announced that it would be posting regular updates to its CPA Exam score release timetable, to keep exam candidates better informed.

Cloud ERP and financial software provider Acumatica is now registered as an official member and sponsor of CPE credits in accounting and listed on the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy’s (NASBA) National Registry of CPE Sponsors.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released two reports related to the Internal Revenue Service’s Customer Account Data Engine 2 Program, suggesting that while the system has begun processing tax returns, there are still significant areas where improvement is necessary.

House Republicans plan a vote late Thursday on a measure that would have been hard to imagine before the November 6 election -- a tax increase for top earners, which they previously labeled as job-killing class warfare.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees, as well as amendments to other standards from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

New hires, promotions and people moves in the accounting profession.

A dose of this week’s office moves, tools, industry reports and charity updates.

Harry Moseley has joined KPMG LLP as the firm’s chief information officer. Moseley succeeds Richard Anderson, who is retiring.

Cloud and mobile point of sale (POS) product maker SalesVu has released a free integration module between its mobile POS offering and QuickBooks Online and desktop products.

Midwest regional leader Anders Minkler & Diehl LLP announced plans to add Huber, Ring, Helm & Co., to its practice.

Cloud-based corporate performance management and business intelligence software provider Adaptive Planning has named David Pefley as its new chief financial officer, charged with leading the finance, HR and administration teams and aiding company growth.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released a proposal for comment to improve reporting on expected credit losses on loans and other financial assets held as investments by banks, financial institutions and other public and private organizations.

Interactive Data Corp., a provider of evaluated pricing, valuation and reference data services, has released a new set of enhancements to its fixed income transparency tool Vantage, which are designed to effectively meet requirements of both the buy-side and sell-side in the evaluated pricing process.