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A company that hopes to establish an online marketplace for trading tax credits said Wednesday that it has closed a seed funding round of more than $350,000 to develop the technology.

The Center for Audit Quality has selected five new academic research proposals for funding.

A man who claimed to be the governor of Alabama in its “original jurisdiction” has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for tax fraud.

The Internal Revenue Service is asking for public comments on whether it needs to change its guidance on the use of smart cards, debit cards, credit cards and other electronic media to provide pretax transportation fringe benefits.

The Dewey & LeBoeuf bankruptcy is shaping up to be the largest law firm bankruptcy in U.S. history and could provide a cautionary tale for accounting firm mergers.

Fifty-six percent of workers plan to work past age 65 and 54 percent said they plan to continue working after they retire, according to a recent survey.

New statistics from the Internal Revenue Service indicate that 20,752 taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes of $200,000 or more in 2009 had no U.S. income tax liability.

Ouch! In affirming a Tax Court decision that an accounting firm set up as a C corporation could not deduct consulting fees paid to entities controlled by the firm’s owners, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals statement of its decision cut to the quick: “That an accounting firm should so screw up its taxes is the most remarkable feature of the case.”

More electronically filed tax returns were processed this tax season by CCH electronic filing systems than ever before.

The American Institute of CPAs has introduced a mobile app to help CPA Exam candidates prepare for the Uniform CPA Exam.

Finance and accounting staffing firm Accounting Principals has developed a list of the entry-level finance and accounting positions that are most in demand.

The National Association of Black Accountants plans to hold its first virtual career expo in conjunction with its national convention.

Certainty in the Tax Code has become even more important than a reduction in tax rates, according to a survey of 800 CFOs and senior financial executives in the U.S.

Jeffrey Taraboulos, CPA/CFF/PFS, CFE, has been promoted to the newly created role of managing partner of Miami accounting firm Kabat, Schertzer, De La Torre, Taraboulos & Co.

House Republicans said they plan to schedule a vote on extending the Bush tax cuts before August.

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Senate Democrats and Republicans have failed to pass competing versions of legislation aimed at preventing federally subsidized student loan interest rates from doubling in July.

Cloud accounting and financial technology provider FinancialForce.com has partnered with cloud-based manufacturing and supply chain application producer Rootstock Software to deliver a supply chain and accounting offering.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram has created a new mobile Web site that provides smartphone users with access to the sections of the accounting firm’s Web site that are most often visited by mobile users.

President Obama urged Congress to extend expiring tax credits for wind energy and other forms of clean energy.