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In today’s highly competitive market, accounting firms need a way to compare themselves to their past performance, and that of similar companies, as a barometer of achievement.

The Internal Revenue Service has made big strides in processing applications from groups seeking tax-exempt status, according to a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, whose 2013 report precipitated the Tea Party targeting scandal that led to the ouster of several top IRS officials.

A convicted tax preparer who was sentenced to probation in 2012 has now received a prison sentence for continuing to prepare and file tax returns in violation of a court order.

Many large privately held companies are more profitable and are growing revenues faster than publicly traded companies in the U.S., according to new data.

A new AICPA survey found that an increasing majority (68 percent) of Americans with loans or whose children have loans expressed some regret about the way they paid for that education - representing an eight percentage point increase from the 2013 survey when 60 percent had regrets.

Fewer parents are finding the money to save for their kids' college. And those who are saving, are saving less.

Tim Loo learned early this year that his name and Social Security number had made their way onto a fraudulent tax return, and immediately wondered whether the identity thief might also have his bank-account details or his kids’ Social Security numbers.

Video surveillance is something that’s pretty easy to add in your office, and serves as both a deterrent to people poking around where they shouldn’t, and making a record of when they do.

Picking the right clients can make you both richer and happier

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Wednesday to propose rules to require companies to disclose the relationship between executive compensation and the financial performance of a company.