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Small business-focused cloud accounting software provider Wave Accounting has acquired online stock research and investment tracking company Vuro.co.

David Williams, director of the IRS Return Preparer Office, has issued a Facebook “heads up” to preparers who haven’t yet scheduled an RTRP test.

A former tax return preparer from Macon, Ga., has pleaded guilty to filing a false claim for tax refund, theft of government money and aggravated identity theft.

A federal court in Kansas City, Kan., has permanently barred Ahferom Goitom from preparing federal tax returns.

A former Internal Revenue Service revenue agent and tax preparer has pleaded guilty to charges that he tried to hire a hit man to kill four of his former clients who were scheduled to testify against him in a tax fraud case.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed legislation imposing a new tax on strip clubs that will be used to fund assistance to victims of sexual assault.

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan paid effective federal tax rates of 20 percent in 2011 and 15.9 percent in 2010, tax returns released Friday night show.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board said in a report Monday that its initial inspections of auditors of broker-dealers uncovered problems with all of the audits.

David R. Williams, head of the Internal Revenue Service’s Return Preparer Office since its inception three years ago, is leaving at the end of August.

Tax and accounting solutions provider CCH Small Firm Services has launched a new resource center to help tax and accounting professionals improve their marketing and increase their knowledge of the field.

Cloud-based enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management software provider Acumatica previewed on Monday its upcoming version 4.0 release, which will boast new financial, customer relationship management and supply chain features as well as integration tools.

Rod Axtell joins the firm as partner. Four other staff members will also follow.

Cloud accounting and financial technology provider FinancialForce.com has added social relationship management service Jobscience and fixed and remote asset tracking application provider AccountAbility Solutions Inc. as alliance partners.

To maximize your accounting firm’s overall efficiency, effectiveness and productivity in researching and resolving a tax issue and determining the sustainability of a client’s tax return filing position, the appropriate tax research processes must be meticulously designed, implemented and executed.

Accounting Today has partnered with leading bill payment, invoicing and cash management solution provider Bill.com on a new video panel, "Finance in the Cloud," that features an in-depth discussion of the potential and best practices for accountants operating in the cloud.

On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission leveled charges and an emergency asset freeze on the perpetrators of an alleged $600 million Ponzi scheme that was on the verge of collapse.

Part 1 of our exclusive video roundtable on accountants and the cloud,

Part 2 of our exclusive video roundtable on accountants and the cloud focuses on the potential for creating uniform firm processes and approaches.

Part 3 of our exclusive video roundtable on accountants and the cloud focuses on the security benefits that come with adopting the cloud.

Part 4 of our exclusive video roundtable on accountants and the cloud focuses on how the cloud enables verticalization and vertical-focused strategies.