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CCH Small Firm Services has wrapped up its inaugural user conference, with more than 150 attendees spending two days focusing on the ways that changes in laws, professional requirements and technology are impacting tax and accounting.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is currently in the midst of disciplinary proceedings against 19 auditing firms, and the PCAOB is considering ending the registrations of up to 870 firms that have not been auditing public companies or broker-dealers, according to a PCAOB official.

The IRS is warning about a new tax scam that uses a Web site that mimics the IRS e-Services online registration page.

A Santa Barbara-based CPA who claimed on his Web site that he has appeared as a tax and financial expert on national television shows was convicted by a federal jury on charges that he underreported more than $1 million by pretending that his accounting income had been earned by his nonprofit foundation for providing “marital counseling.”

Nearly two-thirds of accountants gave Congress a grade of F in a recent survey.

Individual retirement account allocations tend to vary by age and account balance, but not much by gender, according to a new study.

John Wolfgang, co-founder of UHY International, has stepped down as chairman of the global organization.

In an exclusive interview with Accounting Today, Leslie Seidman chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, detailed the current status and likely future timeline for the four main remaining part of the board’s convergence agenda with the International Accounting Standards Board.

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Financial Accounting Standards Board chair Leslie Seidman is planning for a multilateral way of working with the International Accounting Standards Board in the future, even as her term approaches an end next year.

PricewaterhouseCoopers US has published a new edition of its annual guide, “Managing Your Wealth: Guide to Tax and Wealth Management.”

IRS Advisory committee’s 2012 Report suggests a number of reporting changes to the IRS

SWK Technologies, one of Sage North America’s leading reseller partners, along with six other top Sage and Microsoft Dynamics VARs, recently added NetSuite to their established list of accounting and ERP offerings.

The Internal Revenue Service could not provide documentation for $394,430 of the invoiced labor hours paid on an estimated $1 million in labor charges, according to a new report.

Jennifer Palmer Farrington has joined WeiserMazars LLP as the new chief marketing officer.

Fruci & Associates has agreed to acquire MartinelliMick PLLC of Spokane, Wash.

The Internal Revenue Service has delayed the timelines for withholding agents and foreign banks to complete the due diligence requirements of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

With the holiday season right around the corner, many small business owners are planning for the busiest time of the year, and it’s the perfect time for them to appreciate their current customers while gaining new ones.

The International Federation of Accountants and the International Valuation Standards Council have renewed their memorandum of understanding and plan to strengthen their mutual efforts to improve confidence in business reporting.