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Approximately 1.45 million taxpayers who qualified for relief from tax penalties totaling close to $181 million never heard from the Internal Revenue Service that they were entitled to it and never received it, according to a new government report.

CPA and Axis Global Partners founder Manny Buigas gives his view on adding a business intelligence practice to grow and help serve clients.

The Mironov Group LLC recently opened a new office in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and placed Charles Diegel as partner in charge.

President Barack Obama and his Republican rival, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, engaged in a lively and at times ferocious debate that covered a range of topics, including taxes, the economy, Libya and women’s health.

It may soon be time to take the legend off your e-mails.

In the first part of our interview with Carlos Lopez of the Latino Tax Professionals Association, he discusses the enormous growth in the Hispanic market

The American Institute of CPAs appears to be making progress on a Financial Reporting Framework for Small and Medium-sized Entities that it has been developing in the wake of the Financial Accounting Foundation’s decision to set up a Private Company Council, and plans to expose the framework by the end of the month.

CCH has released a new publication to assist accountants who are conducting audits of participants in Department of Housing and Urban Development programs.

The staff of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board has created a fact sheet to clear up some of the misconceptions about the recent changes in public pension accounting standards.

A circuit court has ruled that severance payments given to employees are not taxable, a decision that could have far-reaching implications.

Financial executives who manage corporate treasuries are becoming increasingly concerned about the so-called “fiscal cliff,” the combination of tax increases and steep spending cuts that are due to occur at the end of the year unless Congress and the administration act to prevent them.

Sales tax automation service provider Avalara has appointed sales tax administration veteran Scott Peterson as director of government affairs, effective November 12.

Monthly benefits for nearly 62 million recipients of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income will increase 1.7 percent in 2013, the Social Security Administration said Tuesday.

Microsoft Dynamics-centric reseller group InterDyn recently added two top VARs to its ranks as Knoxville, Tenn.-based LBMC Technologies and Birmingham, Ala.-based L. Kianoff & Associates have joined the national network.

Documenting the skills of its information technology workforce will allow the Internal Revenue Service to more effectively manage its human resources, according to a report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

Tax technologies concern New River Innovation has released Beyond415 Guidance, a Web-based research center for resolving issues after tax filing.

LBMC Technologies, the technology arm of Tennessee CPA firm Lattimore, Black, Morgan & Cain, is launching a partner program designed to help push its IntegratorPlus product which connects Microsoft Dynamics CRM with Intacct.

Meyers, Harrison & Pia, LLC has agreed to acquire Fannon Valuation Group of Portland, Maine.

Federal securities class action filings through Sept. 30, 2012 have been slower when compared to the same time period in 2011, according to the annual PricewaterhouseCoopers Securities Litigation Update.

Blytheco LLC director of customer and partner strategy Apryl Hansen begins this three part series on Core Values; how to incorporate these back into your firm to gain control over business direction and leadership in your establishment’s future.