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Awards, office openings and more from accounting firms around the country

New hires, promotions and more from accounting firms around the country

Congressional Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee have introduced a pair of bills to extend the production tax credit for wind energy manufacturers through the end of 2013 and provide a 10 percent income tax credit for employer payroll increases this year.

Only 26 percent of small businesses actually employ full-time or part-time accounting and/or legal help, according to a new survey, even though 64 percent of small business owners say that legal issues should be handled by professionals.

Darlene Finzer, a principal at the Ohio CPA firm Rea & Associates, was selected as Accounting Today’s inaugural Accountant of the Month.

A new Web site called the Accounting Practice Exchange aims to help accountants and tax preparers sell their practices.

The Supreme Court has upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Jack Sieber, CPA, has joined Top 100 Firm Freed Maxick CPAs PC as a director in the health care practice, where he will focus on strategic and business improvement consulting to health care organizations.

On the eve of the Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, a new report on the Internal Revenue Service’s readiness to handle some specific aspects of the law has been released.

Industry experts share their thoughts on what accounting firms should be doing right now to grow.

Industry experts describe what they see as the most important game-changers for the accounting profession over the next five years.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has proposed new standards to require companies to provide better disclosures of their liquidity and interest rate risks, as part of FASB’s financial instruments project.

Venture capital firm Battery Ventures said Wednesday that it has invested $20 million in sales tax automation provider Avalara.

National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson has identified the priority issues the Taxpayer Advocate Service will focus on during the upcoming fiscal year.

The Federal Housing Administration insured over $1.44 billion in mortgages for 6,327 borrowers with $77.6 million in federal tax debt who benefited from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Of these borrowers, 3,815 individuals claimed and received $27.4 million of First-Time Homebuyer Credits from the Recovery Act.

Online invoicing and accounts payable and receivable solutions vendor Bill.com has rolled out a new cash management feature to complete its Cash Flow Command and Control System.

Nonprofit and government accounting software developer AccuFund Inc. has acquired Outreach Suite, a Software-as-a-Service fundraising and constituent relationship management solution.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has a novel idea. Instead of allowing $500 billion of cuts in the defense budget to go forward as part of last year’s deficit reduction deal, he wants to use money saved from closing tax loopholes.

The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that its Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Programs have exceeded the $5 billion mark and released new details on the latest iteration of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program that began in January, including tightening the eligibility requirements.

J. Clarke Price, CAE, president and CEO of the Ohio Society of CPAs, was honored with its Gold Medal for Meritorious Service to the Accounting Profession, at the society's Members Summit & Annual Meeting earlier in June.