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Thomson Names Strategic VP for Tax and Accounting
- Thursday, 16 September 2010
NEW YORK - Thomson Reuters has named Taneli Ruda, most recently a VP at mobile phone vendor Nokia, as SVP of strategy for the company's Tax & Accounting business, a newly created position. Ruda's appointment comes at a time that the company has been expanding globally with products such as Checkpoint Learning and the OneSource Global Tax Workstation.
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BNA Expands State Tax Research
- Wednesday, 15 September 2010
BNA has released a new state tax research service, called the Premier State Tax Library, that offers analysis from practitioners organized by state and topic. The expanded state tax library also represents an important increase in emphasis on sales and use taxes as BNA has introduced a practice navigator and sales and use tax monitor and plans the launch of a sales-and-use tax nexus tool next year.
Republic Exec: Fewer, More Expensive RALS
- Tuesday, 14 September 2010

For those who thought refund anticipation loans were too expensive, they are going to get more so during the next filing season. That was the message of Steve Trager, CEO of Republic Bancorp, who this week told investors that Republic Bank would likely issue fewer, more expensive refund loans because of the decision by the Internal Revenue Service to stop providing the debt indicator. Read more...
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