CALIFORNIA
ArmaninoLLP, San Ramon, closed all of its offices Thursday, May 23rd, and donated 2200 hours of staff time and sent 272 employees out to volunteer a full day of service to 23 organizations during the firm's "Great Give" day of community service. Employees from Armanino's three Bay Area offices, Portland and Chicago offices took part in painting, gardening, data entry, worked with animals, poured cement, cleared brush, spent time with senior citizens and children and built or finished small structures.
CONNECTICUT
The Financial Accounting Foundation, Norwalk, has published its 2012 Annual Report. The FAF is the independent, private-sector organization responsible for the oversight of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. The 2012 Annual Report is available on the FAF website
FLORIDA
Abacus Worldwide, an international associate of independent accounting, consulting and legal firm, has admitted 15 firms into its membership. … CPAmerica International started to offer its first multi-topic accounting and auditing webinar series on May 22. It will offer a 16-hour series, where experts Thomas Ratcliffe, Ph.D., CPA, CGMA and J. Russ Madray, CPA, will discuss fair value, attest reports, the financial reporting framework and will finish strong with some hot topics in the field.
ILLINOIS
Have you registered for the Eastern Regional Meeting yet? The deadline to register for the event is May 24. 2013. The event takes place in Chicago from June 26th to 28th. For more information and how to register, visit
MISSOURI
Brown Smith Wallace of St. Louis-based is relocating two of its four offices to CityPlace 6 in Creve Coeur at the end of May.
NEW YORK
The PCAOB posted an extended report to its website
TENNESSEE
Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, Chattanooga, has celebrated its relocation to the Liberty Tower building. Its new address is 605 Chestnut Street, Suite 1100, Chattanooga, TN 37450 and is situated at the corner of Sixth and Chestnut.
TEXAS
The Weaver Private Foundation, Dallas-Fort Worth, named Feed the Children as the Charity of Choice for the fiscal year 2012-13. The foundation contributed a total of $45,000 to the organization in conjunction with local partner agencies in communities where Weaver has offices. Weaver employees participated in volunteer activities supporting local Feed the Children partner agencies across Texas. ... Montgomery Coscia Greilich LLP, Plano, opened a new office in Austin, to better meet the needs of their firm and clients. … The District Court of Travis County has declared various provisions of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts’ rule on sales and use tax refunds, which requires a wealth of information and documentation, to be invalid and illegal. Click here for
WISCONSIN
Kolb+Co., Brookfield, has been named one of the 2013 Top Workplaces by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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