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President Barack Obama criticized Republican rival Mitt Romney’s tax reform plans during a campaign appearance, referring to them as “Robin Hood in reverse” and “Romney Hood.”

UHY Advisors NY has formed a partnership with CFO Alliance to provide a forum for discussions among middle-market finance executives and thought leaders.

A trip to the Great White North sparks some interesting questions about accountants' duties.

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service has unveiled a mid-year list of top areas taxpayers should be considering or have pointed out to then by preparers to help put them in a better position when filing their tax returns next April.

Joe Adams, managing partner and CEO of McGladrey, expects the firm to expand more in the Western part of the U.S. and into technology consulting areas such as cloud computing.

Joe Rotella, chief technical officer of Delphia Consulting, talks with Accounting Today senior editor Danielle Lee about how to measure the worth of an accounting firm's Web site.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued proposed amendments to the utility allowance regulations concerning the low income housing tax credit in Code Section 42.

The House has approved legislation to increase the criminal penalties against identity thieves who steal taxpayer information to file fraudulent returns.

An independent study of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board commissioned by its parent organization finds opinions divided on what GASB’s responsibilities should include as a standard-setter for state and local government accounting.

Elizabeth Miller will lead Moore Colson's Corporate Accounting Practice

The American Institute of CPAs has published a new book that offers advice to CPA firms on how to use cloud computing.

Republicans, including Senator Lindsey Graham, accused Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of lying by saying Mitt Romney hasn’t paid taxes for 10 years.

Swiss banks must lure affluent clients from emerging markets or face a “slow death” as the pursuit of tax dodgers by U.S. and European authorities results in outflows of assets.

The trendy new term in the high-tech arena is “crowdfunding.” Both the President and Congress jumped on the crowdfunding bandwagon as a way to show they are doing something about the economy by passing the JOBS Act. What exactly is crowdfunding? Here’s one introduction through the eyes of a professional accountant and auditor.

Sage North America has partnered with manufacturing resource planning systems maker MISys Inc. to create Sage Simply Accounting Manufacturing by MISys, a specialized manufacturing resource planning tool that integrates with Sage Simply Accounting.

Analysts found that Comcast might need to revise its scoring system after Steve Burke, CEO of its NBCUniversal unit, announced Wednesday that the company would “about breakeven” with their 2012 London Olympics Game coverage.

Newly introduced legislation would cut business taxes by more than half for companies that manufacture patented products in the U.S.

A New Jersey tax preparer faces prison time and $250,000 in fines for intentionally filing false tax returns for her clients

CBIZ reported a 1.57 percent decline in small business employment in the month of July

Cougar Mountain Software released CMS Professional 2013, the latest version of its business and nonprofit accounting software, which includes a long list of new features and enhancements requested by existing customers.