M&A Roundup: Sax acquires Sterling; Cruise adds AC Tax & Accounting

Two firms are expanding in New York and Nebraska.


Product news: ZipBooks adds transaction types, preps for adding 1099 forms

The accounting software company expands capabilities, FloQast names VP of product, and IntelliChief releases new version of document management and workflow platform.


Qvinci receives Australian patent for financial data consolidation software

The Texas-based company serves firms that have multiple office locations.


Spending against Ryan’s border tax jumps even as its chances dim

A retail trade group almost tripled its federal lobbying spending during the second quarter of 2017 as it tried to kill a centerpiece of House Speaker Paul Ryan’s tax plan—the border-adjusted levy on imports.


GOP plans health vote with ‘no idea’ which bill it will consider

The party has lurched in recent days between giving up on repealing Obamacare and restarting talks over a new Trump administration proposal.


How to pay for tax cuts? Look to Airbnb hosts and Etsy vendors

The sharing economy might have to start paying more taxes to the IRS.


CFP Board releases new exam toolkit

The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards are looking to prepare students before the next test sitting in November.


The emotional side of firm M&A

It isn’t always the numbers that sink a combination.


Tax Fraud Blotter: International flavor

Mobile no more; Nigerian citizen pleads guilty in $12-million fraud; Ontario man pleads in phony-refund scam; and other highlights of recent tax cases.


IRS mandates transfer pricing reporting

At long last, the Treasury has mandated that a multinational enterprise must specifically comply with its transfer pricing reporting regime.