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January 30, 2013 

Grant Thornton LLP named Vince Tomkinson office managing partner of its Chicago practice, effective Aug. 1, 2013. Most recently, Tomkinson served as office managing partner of Grant Thornton's Detroit practice.

January 30, 2013 

Filing starts today, Jan. 30, 2013, but many taxpayers will have to wait a few weeks longer.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

January 30, 2013 

Guess who's the "Mayor of Taxland?" Well, it isn't the Internal Revenue Service, because they aren't on FourSquare, but they are on most of the other popular social platforms.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

January 30, 2013 

Two Chicago-area accountants were sentenced Friday to two years of probation each after pleading guilty to helping eight gas station owners underreport their sales to avoid paying more than $5 million in sales taxes.

January 30, 2013 

BlumShapiro, a regional accounting, tax and business consulting firm based in New England, has merged with Sullivan & Company, based in Providence, effective Jan. 1, 2013.

January 30, 2013 

New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez reiterated her legislative plan for economic development today, saying a proposed $1,000 tax credit for each new employee a company hires and new funding for the state-supported job training program are the necessary steps to aid job growth in New Mexico.

January 29, 2013 

More than two dozen KeyBank card users, mostly from the New York town of Tonawanda and a few from Amherst, have had their accounts breached, according to local police, in what may be the latest round of fraud stemming from a breach at a prominent local fast-food restaurant.

January 29, 2013 

Today is the start of the much-anticipated relaunch of almost everything BlackBerry. RIM, the company behind the one-time king of the mountain of smart phones, will release its latest generation of mobile phones and devices, as well as the new Blackberry 10 operating system.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

January 29, 2013 

The charges claim that between January 1, 2006 and April 15, 2007, he spent more than $533,000 on "personal expenses" on a credit card, but only had reported income of $188,000.

January 29, 2013 

CCH has announced the release of its new CCH Code & Regs 2013 App for Apple and Android mobile devices.

Taija Sparkman

January 29, 2013 

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters recently released some of the weird tax changes that took place in 2012.

Taija Sparkman

January 29, 2013 

The American Institute of CPAs recently announced its scholarship applications for the 2013-2014 academic year are now open. “The AICPA is committed to ensuring that qualified students can get the education they need to take advantage of the possibilities a career as a CPA offers,” said Scott Moore, Director-Career Awareness. “I encourage all eligible students...…

Taija Sparkman