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Sage North America, Intacct, and SugarCRM partner Faye Business Systems Group became the latest addition to the national reseller marketing network ERPVAR.com, with the primary goal of promoting its various integration offerings for the publishers it represents.

The planned union between major Sage North America partners SWK Technologies and Information Systems Management(ISM) is temporarily on hold as both organizations work to solidify their respective year-end businesses and expect to resume merger conversations in the new year.

President Obama has named SEC commissioner Elisse B. Walter as the new chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, succeeding Mary Schapiro.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has revived his calls for increased taxes on the wealthy in the op-ed pages of The New York Times.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update aimed at clarifying the scope of transactions that would be subject to disclosures about offsetting of assets and liabilities on the balance sheet.

Stephen F. Schink CPA and Barone, Howard & Co. CPAs have agreed to merge and will take effect on New Years Day.

A new White House report from the President’s Council of Economic Advisers predicts that allowing tax rates for the middle class to rise and failing to patch the alternative minimum tax would have a negative impact on consumer spending and retailers alike.

Mary L. Schapiro, who has led the Securities and Exchange Commission for four years, said Monday that she plans to step down from her post on Dec. 14, 2012.

Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain PC gave five staff members the role of partner.

Mike Lynch, who founded the British software company accused by Hewlett-Packard Co. of falsifying finances, said that while he may have used some of the contested accounting and sales methods, they were all legal.

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In its inaugural edition, this new annual report highlights 10 outstanding accounting firm leaders.

Small tax-exempt organizations that have not filed returns with the Internal Revenue Service for three years will not automatically lose their tax-exempt status if they were affected by Hurricane Sandy.

The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that the governments of the U.S. and Denmark have reached a bilateral agreement to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act to improve international tax compliance.

A Bronx tax preparer has been charged with 46 counts for filing tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service and New York State that contained more than $7 million in fraudulent tax deductions and credits, resulting in over $2.5 million in fraudulent tax refunds.

A New Jersey woman who owned a tax preparation business was sentenced to 18 months in prison for filing false tax returns on behalf of her clients and herself, resulting in a tax loss of nearly $200,000.

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Grant Thornton is offer some year-end tax planning tips for both individuals and businesses, and their accountants, facing the expiration of the Bush tax cuts.

BDO USA CEO Wayne Berson talks with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood about the firm's two recent mergers with Argy, Wiltse & Robinson and Asher & Co., and the firm's future plans for expansion.