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Thomson Reuters has released PPC’s SMART Practice Aids – Compilation and Review to help accounting firm professionals improve compilation and review engagements.

Intuit Inc. has made available QuickBooks Online Accountant, which will give accounting professionals Web-based access to tools to perform essential accounting tasks.

Some IRS employees are closing delinquent taxpayer accounts without following the proper procedures and without managerial approval, according to a new government report.

Payroll giant ADP is partnering with Moody’s Analytics and Moody’s influential chief economist Mark Zandi on producing its monthly ADP National Employment Report.

Technology consultant and long-time Sage product reseller Wayne Schultz explains how VARs can and need to have a recurring revenue plan.

A New York strip club can’t claim a tax exemption on entrance and performance fees on the grounds that it presents “musical arts performances,” the state’s highest court ruled.

Microsoft is planning a Dec. 1 release of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, the latest version of its Dynamics AX 2012 product, which will offer multiple new ERP features for companies in four key sectors including manufacturing, retail, the public sector and professional services.

BDO USA LLP announced that it is expanding its Philadelphia presence with the addition of Asher & Co. Ltd, for an undisclosed amount.

Microsoft Dynamics and Intacct partner Brittenford Systems has released a new whitepaper to address the growing trend of outsourcing all or portions of the chief information officer function in small to midsize businesses given the growing complexity of information technology.

Cost-of-living adjustments have changed many dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related items for tax year 2013.

A new report from the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration has found that evidence was sometimes not available to support increasing IRS assessments against business taxpayers that have not filed required returns.

Long-time Sage North America partner RKL eSolutions has hired new staff consisting to support its growing Sage ERP X3 business, while adding cloud-ERP and financial management NetSuite to its product listings.

A recent decision by the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the Defense of Marriage Act creates an immediate opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered families to file protective tax refund claims, according to the accounting and advisory firm Marcum LLP.

The American Institute of CPAs has elected McGladrey partner Richard Caturano as its new chairman.

Five of the largest audit firms in China are likely to be domestically owned rather than foreign owned in the next five years, according to Baker Tilly International CEO Geoff Barnes.

Automated data entry and workflow software provider Personable Inc. has unveiled ScanWriter 2013, its latest data entry automation technology that is now integrated with Intuit’s QuickBooks 2013, Microsoft Excel, and Sage 50(formerly Peachtree).

The period to renew Preparer Tax Identification Numbers for 2013 has begun, and the IRS is also reminding the nation’s 730,000 federal tax return preparers that they must renew their PTINs, and that preparers who have a competency test requirement should schedule their exam soon.

The trustees of the IFRS Foundation have published their own staff’s analysis of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s final staff report on International Financial Reporting Standards in an effort to address some of the findings and prod the U.S. into embracing IFRS.

Technology adoption and its role in improving client accounting for CPA firms is one of the primary drivers behind CPA2Biz’s current efforts as the technology services subsidiary of the American Institute of CPAs has released a Learning Management Systems (LMS) white paper around the topic.

President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney argued fiercely over foreign policy during their final debate, with some discussion of tax policy, the budget and the economy also part of the mix.