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Mark Cuban, the outspoken billionaire entrepreneur who owns the Dallas Mavericks and stars on the reality TV show “Shark Tank,” has weighed in on the increasingly controversial issue of corporate inversions with a series of tweets.

BlackLine Systems has hired Alain Avakian as the financial software company’s chief technology officer.

In my previous column, I described how I received a Mercedes as a fee to help a pair of businessmen resolve their tax withholding problems with the Internal Revenue Service, and I soon became an expert in IRS collection matters.

The House has passed legislation that would require taxpayers to provide a Social Security number to claim the Child Tax Credit in an effort to discourage fraud, as well as adjust the amount of the credit for inflation.

The Internal Revenue Service released draft versions Thursday of several forms for employers and individuals to comply with the Affordable Care Act, along with draft versions of more common forms such as the 1040 and 1040EZ for next filing season.

Intacct announced that it had increased bookings for its fourth fiscal quarter by 94 percent over the previous year.

A former Internal Revenue Service employee was arrested and charged with participating in an identity theft conspiracy that used information stolen from the files of other IRS employees.

President Barack Obama attacked companies that use cross-border mergers to escape U.S. taxes, accusing them of being “corporate deserters who renounce their citizenship to shield profits.”

Among large firms, KPMG and Marcum LLP tied for the most new Securities and Exchange Commission audit clients in the second quarter of 2014.

The House approved legislation to consolidate four different tax incentives for higher education into a single tax credit.