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Part 5 of our exclusive video roundtable on accountants and the cloud focuses on the benefits of mobility and constant access.

Part 6 of our exclusive video roundtable on accountants and the cloud focuses on firm profitability.

Jeffrey Gluck will lead client service and strategic direction in the firm's New York office.

"Sister, Sister" Producers Sue Accounting Firm

(Bloomberg) Peregrine Financial Group Inc. founder Russell Wasendorf Sr. pleaded not guilty to 31 counts of lying to U.S. regulators about the value of customer funds held by his now-bankrupt commodities firm.

The IRS offers advice to recently married couples on how to avoid tension during tax time

Marc Silverman joins Morristown office

New consulting program will help CPA firms see if wealth management is right for them.

The Obama campaign offered to stop asking for copies of Republic presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s tax returns if he would release five years’ worth in total. The Romney camp declined.

Accounting Today has announced the agenda of its third annual Growth & Profitability Summit, which will be held Oct. 28-30, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla.

Recent promotions, new hires and more

“I’m not sure Sage is really innovating right now, but at least they are showing signs of change.”

The Financial Reporting Executive Committee of the American Institute of CPAs has issued a working draft of the accounting content of a proposed Audit and Accounting Guide on not-for-profits.

Michael Biondo, a tax manager at the Buffalo, N.Y.,-based firm of Freed Maxick CPAs PC -- also know as as Duke Maynard von dem Steine in the kingdom of AEthelmearc -- was recently selected as Accounting Today’s newest Accountant of the Month.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released a proposed Accounting Standards Update that is intended to improve the presentation for reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income in a manner that balances the benefits to users of financial statements, without imposing significant costs to preparers of financial statements.

Professional services providers are not usually writers, and even those with great writing skills often don't have the time to dedicate to creating original articles or blog posts.

PTINdirectory.com has launched a searchable database of more than 700,000 federally-registered tax preparers. Preparers can be found by IRS-sanctioned credentials and industries, as well as by services offered and geographic criteria.

A federal court has barred a Michigan couple, Damian and Holly Jackson of Detroit, from preparing federal tax returns for others, preparing their own federal tax returns using false 1099 forms, and promoting an alleged tax-fraud scheme based on the frivolous “redemption” theory, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

As sales of exchange-traded funds boom, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy has released an investor bulletin on the investment vehicle that highlights the view that not all ETFs are created equal.

Genworth Financial Trust Company announced a new program to help independent financial advisors find the trust companies best suited to working with them.