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CCH has improved navigation and other features in its online IntelliConnect tax and accounting research service, including a redesigned CCH Tax Calendar.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has scheduled a meeting for next Tuesday to consider proposing for public comment a new auditing standard and related amendments to enhance the auditor’s reporting model.

Business process software company Exact is offering a subscription-free, limited release of its Exact Online product to accountants as well as U.S. manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers from now until the end of the year.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday that it has filed an application in a New York federal court for enforcement against a CPA who violated an earlier SEC suspension order.

The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services plans to begin a tax amnesty program from Sept. 16, until November 15, 2013 for any taxable period ending on or before Nov. 30, 2012.

The Financial Reporting Council, the United Kingdom’s standard-setter for accounting, auditing and actuarial work, announced two separate investigations this week into Grant Thornton U.K.’s work with two audit clients, beverage maker Nichols plc., and mortgage lender the Manchester Building Society.

Former McGladrey managing partner and CEO Dave Scudder is returning to the firm to lead a new initiative for attracting emerging middle-market companies as clients.

New York-headquartered accounting, tax, and advisory firm CohnReznick recently raised more than $105,000 at its 12th annual Bowl-A-Thon benefiting Make-A-Wish New Jersey, bringing the firm’s total raised for the CohnReznick Foundation-supported charity to more than $1.35 million over the last 12 years.

The U.S. Census Bureau is asking accountants to remind their colleagues and business clients to fill out their 2012 census forms because they’re overdue.

Private sector employment increased in all nine U.S. Census Bureau Divisions in July, according to payroll giant ADP, with Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, California, Washington and Texas among the states demonstrating the strongest job growth last month.