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The submission period for our Accountant of the Month contest for October ends first thing on Monday, Sept. 17 -- which means you still have time to enter!

A group of small online retailers have launched a coalition to protest against the imposition of laws requiring them to collect sales taxes from customers.

Many small business owners are confused by the fee notices and costs of their 401(k) plans and have trouble answering questions from employees, according to a new survey.

Yodlee introduced a new set of small business financial management software that can run from mobile devices.

The likelihood of being audited by the Internal Revenue Service has its strongest impact on laxly governed companies and fosters corporate truthfulness not just in confidential tax returns, but in public financial reports, according to new research.

Staffing levels in the accounting and finance field are expected to remain steady in the fourth quarter, according to CFOs surveyed by staffing company Robert Half International.

A high-ranking Internal Revenue Service official told a congressional panel that the agency is not planning to use tactics like tax liens and levies to make sure taxpayers are properly complying with the new health care reform law.

CCH has published a special report comparing the tax policies and proposals of President Barack Obama with his Republican rival Mitt Romney.

Payroll, billing and cost accounting automation software maker Journyx has released a mobile app for the iPhone and enhanced its Web site for mobile use.

Standards-based business reporting and analytics software provider Rivet Software announced an agreement Wednesday with XBRL US to incorporate and resell its XBRL Consistency Suite Checks into Crossfire, Rivet’s XBRL data management and filing offering.

Sarah Wulf has been promoted to principal in the firm’s Private Clients Group.

I meant to write about the latest corporate-sponsored holiday, National Fight Procrastination Day, when it occurred last Thursday, but I just didn’t get around to it.

The American Institute of CPAs has sent a letter to members of the House Financial Services Committee supporting a bill aimed at narrowing the definition of “municipal advisor,” without weakening investor protections.

The American Institute of CPAs is teaming up with XBRL US to develop a certificate program focused on U.S. GAAP reporting in Extensible Business Reporting Language format.

Corporations are setting aside more money in their reserves for uncertain tax positions than they are actually paying to the federal government, according to a new study.

The Internal Revenue Service has begun previewing a set of draft forms to help taxpayers and banks comply with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

Bradley Birkenfeld, the former UBS AG banker who told the Internal Revenue Service how the bank helped thousands of Americans evade taxes, secured an IRS award of $104 million, an amount his lawyers said may be the largest ever for an individual U.S. whistleblower.

Accounting Today’s September Accountant of the Month Maria Montie found her self-described “tipping point” at hundreds of feet in the air.

Cloud accounting and financial applications provider FinancialForce.com has released Accounting Summer ’12, which includes several multicurrency enhancements, deeper CRM and accounting collaboration, and a community site feature.

After achieving some success with the release of SAP’s cloud-based offerings including SAP Business ByDesign and, more recently, Business One OnDemand, the business process software giant is planning the release of a cloud-based financial management product later this year with accounting firms as key partners in the effort.