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The U.S. Supreme Court turned away an appeal by Robert Coplan, a former Ernst & Young LLP executive convicted of selling illegal tax shelters that cost the federal government as much as $2 billion.

New Vision CPA Group CEO Jody Padar steps off the Sage Listens Tour bus to check out a dormant volcano in Death Valley and explains how practice management concepts are ready to erupt.

While almost half of the small businesses in the area hit by Superstorm Sandy expect to be hit by another natural disaster in the next year, only a fifth of them feel that they are prepared, according to a recent survey.

Epicor Software Corporation has released Epicor HCM version 5.8, its human capital management product now designed with expanded country-specific functionality for Australia, New Zealand and the UK, and enhancements to goal measurement and reporting.

Phyllis Graydon has picked up the title of partner at Scott & Co. LLC. The firm also appointed her Upstate managing partner.

Rap singer Lauryn Hill has been released after serving three months in prison for tax charges and will serve three months of home confinement.

Mortimer Caplin, who served as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service in the Kennedy administration and the early months of the Johnson administration, sees problems ahead for taxpayers and practitioners from the government shutdown.

I don’t think I would be going too far out on a limb to say that the vast majority of accountants did not become accountants so they could get into marketing or sales.

The development of professional organizations for accountants is seen as a key tool for global, regional and national development, according to a new report.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board plans to host a series of public roundtable meetings to gauge feedback on its proposed accounting standards for insurance contracts.