Being Part of a System

The pros and cons of working with a tax franchise. When Henry Bloch packed his bags and drove from Kansas City to New York in October 1955 in his... Read more »

CPA Comedian Hopes to Stand-up and Deliver in Festival Competition

CPA, comedian and Accounting Today Twitter personality favorite Greg Kyte will be participating in the Laughing Devil Comedy Festival in Long... Read more »

Divorced Parents with Children Face Complex Tax Choices

There is sometimes a disconnect in the handling of dependency exemptions and related tax credits between what courts advise a taxpayer to do and... Read more »

BCG & Co. Hires Hastings as COO

Tom Hastings rejoins the firm after a two-year CFO stint at a nonprofit organization. The former partner will now oversee the strategic financial... Read more »

News

Shulman ‘Regrets’ Tea Party Targeting

Douglas Shulman, the former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, said he was “dismayed” and “saddened” to learn that IRS employees had singled out small-government groups for tougher scrutiny. Read more »
Association News

AICPA Spring Council Roundup
Relief in Wake of Oklahoma Tornadoes

Following the massive tornado in Oklahoma, the IRS has provided tax relief to individuals and businesses affected by this and other severe storms occurring in parts of that state. Read more »
Intuit Undergoes Re-Org Behind Global Initiatives

Intuit Inc. is reorganizing several of its executive staff around what it deems to be its global connected services strategy. Read more »
Supremes Say U.K. Windfall Tax Creditable

The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, has held that a one-time U.K. windfall tax paid by the subsidiary of a U.S. corporation is creditable against U.S. income tax. Read more »
ACL Launches Analytics 10 with GRC Integration

Enhancements allow risk, compliance, audit, IT and financial control professionals to uncover business risk in organizational data. Read more »

IRS’s Lerner Will Invoke Her Constitutional Right to Silence

Lois Lerner, the mid-level Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a controversy over the agency’s scrutiny of small-government groups, will invoke her constitutional right not to testify before Congress, according to a letter from her lawyer. Read more »
KPMG Survey: Banking Execs Focused on Regulation, M&A Not So Much

It looks like banking executives shift their focus toward regulation and placed mergers and acquisitions on the back burner. Read more »
IRS Releases 2013 Tax Season Stats

Updated statistics from the IRS show continued growth in e-filing of returns. Read more »
Santos, Postal and Thompson Merge

Santos, Postal & Co. adds Thompson & Associates PC to its roster. The merger is expected to close August 1, 2013. Read more »
Tax Essentials

IRS to Refund Fees for Canceled Tax Preparer Tests
Fitch Sees Slow Progress on GAAP—IFRS Convergence

Significant differences remain between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards, but cooperation and progress continues on some remaining joint projects, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings. Read more »

Insights

Paul Mancinone

Taxing Times for the Restaurant Industry

May 22, 2013

USU team wins two categories of Deloitte Best Practices competition

Three students of the Beta Alpha Psi accounting club at Utah State University’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business recently took first place in two areas of the Deloitte Best Practices competition. Read more »
May 21, 2013

ICPAS hosts Young Professionals Leadership Conference

The Illinois CPA Society will be hosting the Young Professionals Leadership Conference in Chicago May 31. Read more »
May 20, 2013

Get more from your marketing

Marketing and sales are time-consuming but necessary to getting more business. For most CPAs with whom I work, time is always a challenge. Most think doing more is the answer, but not always. Read more »
May 17, 2013

Weaver supports Feed the Children with funds, volunteers

The Weaver Private Foundation named Feed the Children its Charity of Choice for fiscal year 2012-13, contributing $45,000 to the organization in conjunction with local partner agencies where the Southwest accounting firm has offices. Read more »
May 16, 2013

E&Y connects with NYC students for day of service

As many as 500 Ernst & Young professionals will be deployed in New York City to deliver financial literacy, entrepreneurship, college and career-readiness education to 3,000 K-12 NYC public school students Friday, May 17, as part of the annual day of community service, EY Connect Day. Read more »
May 15, 2013

ICPAS hosts Women's Leadership Breakfast

The Women’s Executive Committee of the Illinois CPA Society is hosting a Women’s Leadership Breakfast Friday, May 17, featuring documentarian and author Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope as speaker. Read more »

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Women in Accounting: Breaking the Mold

May 21, 2013

A continued conversation with Marcum’s Nanette Lee Miller and Janis Cowhey McDonagh about the obstacles women in the accounting profession face when trying to make their way into leadership positions.

IMA’s Jeff Thomson on the Role and Skills of Management Accountants

May 8, 2013

Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeffrey Thomson discusses why accounting students should consider management accounting as a career, and the IMA's partnership with John Wiley & Sons.