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Accounting firm management expert Gary Shamis is departing BDO USA LLP to found his own consultancy, Winding River Consulting, in Cleveland.

Cole, Newton & Duran, a firm based in Livonia, Mich., is acquiring two other firms in the Detroit area, Michael G. Thomas CPA and Bartos, Hoffer, Lustig & Tomes, PC.

The Internal Revenue Service is postponing a security upgrade to its e-Services for tax professionals in a new setback for the agency.

Grant Thornton International Ltd. has prevailed in a class-action lawsuit brought by three Louisiana pension funds against the firm.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have released final regulations on earnings stripping in an effort to reduce the tax benefits of corporate inversions.

Thomson Reuters has introduced Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Marketing for Firms Social Media Infographics and Fun Facts, with visuals that tax and accounting professionals can use on social media every week.

In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the Internal Revenue Service has released new rules and procedures for deducting disaster losses.

The Internal Revenue Service allowed over $27.2 million in potentially wrong tax refunds or tax credits to 1,938 taxpayers who made so-called “frivolous tax arguments,” according to a new report.

It won’t be long before the Ben Affleck action movie “The Accountant” comes out this weekend, and already the anticipation is building.

The Internal Revenue Service is giving victims of Hurricane Matthew in North Carolina extra time to file their tax returns and make tax payments.

President Obama has signed legislation exempting Olympic and Paralympic athletes from taxes on their medals and winnings.

Board members at public companies largely favor the use of non-GAAP measures but differ on disclosures of how they’re being used, according to a new survey.

Eide Bailly is expanding its practice in Scottsdale, Ariz., by adding Rauch, Hermanson, Everroad and Rentschler, effective Oct. 31, 2016.

Thomson Reuters has introduced a certification program for practitioners who want to offer retirement planning services to their clients.

Accounting firm consultant Kristen Rampe has released a new report on how CPA firms can address the staffing shortage afflicting so many firms today.

The American Institute of CPAs sent a letter Friday to the Internal Revenue Service with 40 recommendations that it wants the IRS to consider when drafting guidance on a new regime for auditing large, complex partnerships.

The Internal Revenue Service added new data elements last tax season to its computer system filters to catch suspected cases of identity theft-related tax fraud totaling $4.1 billion, according to a new report, but it posted information about the secret data elements on its public website IRS.gov before removing it.

Police in India have raided nine call centers in Mumbai and arrested 70 people who were calling phone numbers in the United States pretending to be Internal Revenue Service demanding payment for taxes.

An academic study demonstrates that earnings management is pervasive across U.S., European and Asian companies, whether they’re using U.S. GAAP or International Financial Reporting Standards.

Adams, Brown, Beran & Ball merges in Hiebert & Decker, CPAs; and Calvetti Ferguson acquires Jim Oliver & Associates.