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Blucora Inc., the onetime Internet giant known as InfoSpace, agreed to pay $580 million for HD Vest Financial Services, one of the few brokerages that specialize in helping tax advisers become licensed to sell investment products.

The AICPA announced on Wednesday that 15 students transitioning from community colleges to four-year universities have been granted the AICPA Foundation Two Year Transfer Scholarship award. Part of the AICPA’s Legacy Scholars program, the award rewards students attending two-year colleges with a declared intent to major in accounting at a four-year college or university.

With states and localities increasingly looking to collect taxes from people and businesses that buy goods and services online, many taxpayers may not be aware that they could be overpaying sales and use taxes.

Palo Alto Software introduced a new, enhanced business forecasting suite of tools as part of the company’s refresh of its cloud-based LivePlan application.

Leadership excellence for executives and partners is all about combining strategy with operations, and this is where most leaders fail to understand the difference.

Connecticut CPA firm BlumShapiro announced today that it will partner with Christian Community Action (CCA) for the fourth consecutive year to provide Thanksgiving Day meals to more than 2,000 families and seniors in New Haven.

The number of accountants who belong to professional accounting organizations that are members of the International Federation of Accountants grew 16 percent from 2.4 million to 2.8 million between 2009 and 2013.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s 2007 standard on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, FASB Interpretation No. 48, or FIN 48, has helped discourage companies from using tax reserves to manage their quarterly earnings reports, according to a new study.

The Internal Revenue Service has made progress on implementing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, including explaining the various requirements to the affected stakeholders, according to a new report.

Financial restatements can prompt similar companies to misstate their own earnings, according to a new study.