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Mark Everson, a former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, is throwing his hat in the ring and running for president of the United States.

An organization of Irish accountants has signed an agreement with a Russian accounting organization, to provide education, training, examination, an online certificate in financial reporting and an array of other areas.

Many nonprofit professionals are expecting growth and increased revenue this year, according to a new survey.

Progress for women in the business world who hope to attain senior management roles remains discouragingly slow, according to a new survey by Grant Thornton.

Noble Group Ltd. denied inflating the balance-sheet value of contracts as Asia’s biggest commodities trading house published a rebuttal against allegations by Iceberg Research, an anonymous group that’s questioned the company’s accounting methods. Noble’s shares rose.

Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) announced the launch of a new degree program on Wednesday, in a partnership with the Ron Blue Institute. The Master of Business Administration in Personal Financial Planning (MBA-PFP) allows Certified Financial Planners to earn an MBA by completing just seven or eight additional courses.

States have been pushing taxpayers to get their refunds via direct deposit for years. Now people choosing that option may be surprised with a paper check instead.

The Internal Revenue Service is considering the possibility of allowing free electronic filing of employment tax returns.

Tax preparation software developers like Intuit are coming under pressure to do more to control security to safeguard their software from identity thieves.

Xero announced the availability of its new app for iPad, designed specifically for the device.