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BDO USA LLP has elected Wayne Berson as the firm’s next CEO, starting November 1 when longtime CEO Jack Weisbaum retires.

Halfpricesoft has added Form 941 for the employer’s quarterly federal tax return to its ezPaycheck small business payroll software.

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman denied that the agency is targeting Tea Party groups and giving them extra scrutiny before granting them tax-exempt status.

Industry leaders agree a successful business development program must be part of the firm’s strategic plan and be followed with vigilance by all members of the firm.

The second day of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s two-day public meeting on its proposal for mandatory audit firm rotation had its share of drama, with accusations that the Big Four firms are monopolizing the audit market at the expense of minorities, and a demand from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that the PCAOB shelve the proposal because of “mission creep.”

Mize Houser Admits Two Shareholders

QuickBooks add-on publisher Flagship Technologies has unveiled FormCalc for QuickBooks, providing across-column calculations and column totals on invoices, estimates, purchase orders and other QuickBooks forms.

An H&R Block manager in Southern California has been arrested for using the identities of his former tax preparation clients in an identity theft scheme.

The Internal Revenue Service has been increasing its audits and examinations of high-income individuals in the past year, examining nearly 30 percent of the tax returns of those earning $10 million and more.

Vertex has introduced a new “address cleansing service” for its sales tax software.

A lawsuit from New York's attorney general accusing accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP of helping to hide financial problems at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has been sent from federal court to the New York state court where it was originally filed.

John Wanamaker is famously quoted as saying “Half of the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.”

People News - March 23

Deloitte said on Thursday it had quit as auditor for Chinese milk formula products maker Daqing Dairy Holdings Ltd hours after its shares were suspended, the accounting firm's second resignation from a Hong Kong-listed Chinese company in days.

Firm News -- March 23

The Internal Revenue Service is not fully compliant with a federal law requiring the agency to eliminate and report improper payments made to taxpayers, according to a new government report.

Intuit has experienced a steady increase in sales of its Web-based consumer tax preparation product, TurboTax Online, while sales of its desktop software have dipped.

A surge in tax refund fraud and identity theft has prompted the Internal Revenue Service to consider sharing more tax return information with police, a senior official told a congressional hearing on Tuesday.

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Doug Shulman warned Thursday of a delayed tax season next year unless Congress resolves questions over the alternative minimum tax patch and other tax extender items, and talked about the tax refund delays this tax season.

SaaS ERP software provider Acumatica has released version 3.0 of its flagship product, which contains project accounting, automated inter-company transfers, and several features requested by hundreds of customers.