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In addition, the IRS is stepping up efforts to close an estimated $345 billion tax gap.

A Deerfield man who was a tax partner at Chicago-based accounting firm BDO Seidman pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal charges in connection with tax shelters that generated billions of dollars in phony tax losses.

Somalia's fragile government has hired the world's biggest accountancy firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, to help ensure international aid is spent correctly.

A Sheffield-based office supply company is reportedly holding last ditch talks to stave off collapse and secure vital new funding.

Mark Heesen , president of the National Venture Capital Association , was online to talk about the third-quarter MoneyTree Venture Capital report, released on Oct.

H&R Block is stepping up its tax audit support services as the tax prep chain sees the IRS audit rate doubling.

A federal judge rejected Bernie Madoff's plea for leniency Monday, sentencing the 71-year-old to spend the rest of his life in prison for an "extraordinarily evil" fraud, according to the AP .

London: Accountancy giant PricewaterhouseCoopers is facing deepening scrutiny over its audit of Satyam - the IT giant known as 'India's Enron' - whose founder admitted fabricating cash and other non-existent assets of more than 1bn.

Auditors caught up in India's Satyam scandal have been charged with the offence of luring investors to buy shares of the company by 'knowingly certifying forged and inflated balance sheets'. The allegations against PricewaterhouseCoopers' Subramani Gopalakrishnan and Talluri Srinivas have been detailed in a written submission by the Central Bureau ...

RSM McGladrey Inc. , considered the largest accounting firm in the Baltimore area, is shopping around downtown for new offices.

I hope that my good friend Vinnie Mirchandani doesn't take offense to the title of this post.

The MathWorks and Virginia Tech College of Engineering have signed a new three-year agreement for The MathWorks to provide resources and support for the continued use and development of course components that utilize MathWorks tools.

The former home of H&R Block co-founder Richard Bloch will be sold at auction on Thursday.

An unprecedented audit of the Royal Canadian Mint has failed to find $15.3 million in missing gold and suggests it could have been stolen in what would be the greatest gold theft in Canadian history.

The Port Klang Free Zone issue caused a stir again in the Dewan Rakyat moments after session started today.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday's session are Sealy Corp., H&R Block Inc., and Amazon.com Inc.

A chameleon: That's what I think of when I ponder the myriad variations on the OpenOffice.org theme that have cropped up in recent years.

BULLISH: The happier mood has been reflected in expectations that sales will rise, with a balance of 11 firms predicting stronger business volumes in coming months REUTERS , LONDON Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009, Page 10 Britain s financial service companies are more optimistic than at any time in the last two years, although banks remain downbeat about ...

The exact number of leaky homes is unknown, but it is likely to be significantly higher than the current 22,000 estimate.

More than 37,000 investors holdings Isas sold by Keydata Investment Services now in administration will be forced to pay tax on non-compliant investments, despite previous assurances from HM Revenue & Customs that tax would be recovered from the company.