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Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has signed an agreement to acquire Acclipse Limited, a provider of online accounting software for firms in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region.

For accountants, “crunch time” comes around every year, from February to April and then again from June to September.

National tax prep chain Jackson Hewitt Tax Service has launched a tax school in light of the new IRS requirements that preparers secure the RTRP designation.

Dennis Lemieux has been elected president of the Association of Accounting Administration

CCH has released several product updates to provide new workflow and integration features for tax, accounting and auditing professionals.

Legislation to provide tax credits for small businesses that hire new workers has made progress in the Senate, with lawmakers voting 80 to 14 to advance the bill past a procedural hurdle Tuesday, but Senate Democrats blocked an attempt Wednesday by Republicans to add an amendment that would extend the Bush tax cuts for another year.

The Obama administration announced a series of actions Wednesday to aid small businesses and create jobs.

Intacct has enhanced its cloud accounting software, the Intacct Financial Management System, with more than 100 new features.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has strengthened corporate governance and improved audit quality in the past decade, according to a new report by Ernst & Young.

Internal auditors feel they need more visible and vocal support from senior managers within their organizations as changing demands put them under more pressure, according to a new survey.

An eye-opening report sheds a harsh light on the growing trend of sales of property tax liens to unscrupulous profiteers, all too often forcing the elderly and impoverished out of their homes due to outstanding tax debts.

Major Sage reseller and Top 100 VAR Net@Work has expanded into Canada with the acquisition of award-winning Sage reseller Synergy Plus Solutions.

The top Senate tax writer predicted Democrats in the chamber will back President Barack Obama’s latest push to extend part of the Bush-era tax cuts, calling talk of Democratic dissension “background noise.”

Armanino Consulting, a Microsoft Dynamics reseller and the business consulting division of Top 100 Firm Armanino McKenna, has partnered with business software provider Axonom to launch a "fully unified" ERP/CRM product for semiconductor and high-technology electronics companies.

Gregory G. Weaver has been named chairman and chief executive officer of Deloitte & Touche LLP, the accounting, auditing and risk advisory subsidiary of Deloitte LLP.

A former Internal Revenue Service employee has been indicted and arrested for allegedly stealing a taxpayer’s identity.

Capital markets executives at leading investment banks have conflicting views on the recently enacted JOBS Act, according to a new study by accounting and consulting firm BDO USA LLP.

Top 20 Firm Moss Adams LLP has launched FastForm, an online tool to help nonprofits and tax-exempt organizations fill out the complex Form 990.

Ernst & Young’s U.S. Transaction Advisory Services practice has acquired Jeffrey A. Parker & Associates Inc., a Philadelphia-based financial advisory firm that focuses on infrastructure.

Kim Hogan has joined XCM Solutions LLC, a cloud-based workflow management software provider, as director of its West Coast operations.