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The Internal Revenue Service began accepting electronically filed individual tax returns Tuesday, opening the tax season on time this year despite its latest budget crunch.

JMT Consulting Group is offering Accelerate grants toward the purchase of Abila MIP Fund Accounting software.

A couple weeks ago I wrote about QuickBooks and how we became the largest QB consultants in New Jersey along with receiving a few clients with very substantial fees. I’ve gotten some calls asking about them and what we did, so here is a description of three of them.

McGladrey chief economist Joe Brusuelas discusses the outlook for the U.S. economy this year, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

Three New York residents, including one former IRS employee, have been indicted in federal court for defrauding the U.S. government by filing false claims for millions in false refunds.

A group of Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate have introduced legislation to discourage U.S. corporations from merging with overseas companies to lower their tax bills in a strategy known as inversion that changes the company’s tax domicile.

The clawbacks on executive compensation mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act may discourage one type of accounting manipulation only to encourage another, according to a new study.

Inheritance planning can make clients act crazy.

Richard Locastro has been named the newest partner at Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman. Locastro has worked as tax principal in the firm’s nonprofit department since 2007.

Avalara announced it has issued more than $42 million in series D-1 preferred stock to new investor Technology Crossover Ventures and existing investors led by an affiliate of Warburg Pincus.