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

Travel and expense management software provider Certify has published the results of its latest quarterly report on the most frequently expensed vendors on business expense reports.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

For tax preparers who aren’t interested in extending their tax business beyond the end of April, but who would like to keep themselves and their staff employed in some meaningful activity, accountant Craig Comer has a suggestion: go into another seasonal business.

The U.S. Senate advanced a narrow attempt by Democrats to limit tax breaks for companies moving jobs out of the U.S.

At least four Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee say they’re not ready to back the push by President Barack Obama and party leaders for retroactive tax legislation to prevent companies from moving their legal addresses out of the U.S.

Xero announced plans for a future U.S. initial public offering during the online accounting software provider’s annual investor meeting Wednesday.

Despite reports that small business loans are becoming easier to obtain, a majority of small business owners don’t ever apply for them, according to a survey from the financial information company Sageworks.

The International Accounting Standards Board has issued the final element of its own long-awaited financial instruments accounting standard after failing to reach a consensus with the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board on key elements related to credit losses and loan impairments.

Financial restatements declined substantially in the decade after the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, according to a new academic study.