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A Republican sweep in November's election threatens a niche tax break that helps American colleges upgrade dorms and academic buildings on campus cheaply.

U.S. taxes are likely to rise as lawmakers look to narrow the federal deficit, Warren Buffett said, as Washington prepares for major tax negotiations next year.

The Council of Economic Advisers said a reduction in revenues from capital gains taxes has played a notable role in the widening deficit.

The trend toward digitization of government data has been affirmed as a priority by the passage of recent legislation.

The Treasury Department, based on fresh tax revenue data, is set to release an updated estimate of the "X date" when the U.S. can no longer meet its obligations.

A growing shortage of accountants has plagued dozens of cities and counties across the U.S.

A marked increase in staffing shortages at auditing firms has resulted in significant setbacks to complete issuers' financial disclosures, S&P said in a report.

The movement to convert documents to machine-readable data that computer applications like spreadsheets can use is not new.

There's an easy way to hide from high taxes that doesn't involve packing up a moving van to Florida or Texas.

Scholars in the vanguard of finance, accounting, history and geography are seeing the impact of racial bias and property tax disparities in the $4 trillion U.S. municipal bond market.