FLORIDA
The Siegfried Group LLP recently opened an office in Miami to serve clients throughout the state of Florida as it continues to build its presence in the South. This new office supports the Firm's growth and outlook for the future. Although the Firm has cultivated business in Florida for years, having a local presence enables it to serve better its existing and future clients.
GREECE
HLB International has added Greek member HLB Hellas in Thessaloniki Northern Greece to its membership. The new office, offering accounting, business advisory, payroll and consulting services, will work in close cooperation with the main office in Athens, which further provides assurance services. This extension will allow for a wide geographic coverage and the seamless provision of services to clients throughout Greece.
ILLINOIS
Registrations and reservations are filling up for one of the tax and accounting profession’s premier educational and peer networking events of the year. CCH Connections: User Conference 2014 will take place from October 26 29 at Grande Lakes Orlando. Attendees can expect a first look at the latest innovative accounting solutions, experience high-tech demonstrations from product experts and hear from company executives about the focus of the future. Plus, more than 95 percent of CPE sessions led by highly-regarded industry thought leaders are all new for 2014. See how others benefit from attending by watching this short
FLORIDA
Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Company PA, has been selected as one of Florida’s Best Companies to Work For by Florida Trend Magazine. The firm, with 38 employees, was selected as the 4th best place to work and ranking highest among southwest Florida employers. Cross, Fernandez & Riley, LLP has been named one of Florida’s Best Companies To Work For by Florida Trend magazine. C/F/R was ranked 3rd in the mid-sized company category. This is the fifth consecutive year that the firm has made the list. The sixth annual Best Companies list appears in the August issue of Florida Trend magazine. One-hundred companies are ranked in small, medium and large employer categories.
MAINE
BerryDunn has 34 participants in this year’s TD Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race. Of the firm’s total runners, 17 will compete in the “Business to Business Challenge” in the spirit of friendly competition among local businesses. This marks the 6th year that BerryDunn employees have taken part in the Beach to Beacon. The firm supports its runners as part of a broader wellness initiative that involves office “steps competitions,” walking and running information, and healthy encouragement among peers.
NEW YORK
In an environment where the exponential growth of information available is changing the way many businesses operate, CPAs working in the forensic and valuation areas have identified big data as the most pressing issue they’ll face in the near future. In addition, 85 percent of respondents to the
NORTH CAROLINA
Fayetteville State University’s Veterans Business Outreach Center at the School of Business and Economics has been awarded $245,000 in two grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration to offer continued entrepreneurial services and training to veterans in SBA Region IV.
PENNSYLVANIA
ParenteBeard’s summer accounting interns made an impact at five nonprofits. The firm’s 40 interns, which stemmed from 24 universities, demonstrated the firm’s mission to serve the communities where team members live and work by participating in charitable community service activities in central and northern Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and New York City. In central Pennsylvania, the accounting interns helped the Habitat for Humanity of Berks County ReStore prepare for their grand re-opening slated for July by cleaning, painting, redecorating, reorganizing, rebuilding and moving furniture. In northern Pennsylvania, they spent a day at the Commission on Economic Opportunity’s Kids Café. As mentors, they led crossword puzzles, healthy lunch activities and board games. In Pittsburgh, the interns assisted nonprofit Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank by organizing, packing, preparing and shipping food boxes to local community food distributors. At the American Cancer Society’s AstraZeneca Hope Lodge near Philadelphia, the interns assisted in turning over patient rooms, folding linens and doing laundry. The most courageous interns from the firm’s New York City office assisted Natural Areas Volunteers in removing invasive exotic vegetation from Highbridge Park’s forest. Their efforts will help maintain the restored forest’s existence. The interns represent Albright College, Baruch College, Bloomsburg University, Bryant University, Duquesne University, Elon University, Emory University, King’s College, Kutztown University, Lincoln University, Lycoming College, Messiah College, Pennsylvania State University, Providence College, Robert Morris University, Susquehanna University, Thiel College, University of Connecticut, University of Delaware, University of Pittsburgh, West Chester University, West Virginia University, Wilkes University and York College.
TEXAS
M&K CPAS PLLC of Houston, has been tapped to serve to perform an audit of the company's financial statements for Sycamore Entertainment Group, Inc. a Calif.-based hybrid film distribution company.
UNITED KINGDOM
The International Accounting Standards Board has reached a milestone by publishing new accounting requirements for loan loss provisioning, moving from an incurred loss’ to a more forward-looking, expected loss’ model. The new requirements, which form part of the now-complete new standard on financial instrument accounting, IFRS 9, will provide more timely information about expected credit losses. But it should not be seen as a panacea, says ICAEW.
VIRGINIA
Bloomberg BNA and Baker & McKenzie, in association with the Tax Management Education Institute, announced the latest in a series of Transfer Pricing Conferences. The Canada Transfer Pricing Conference, which follows Conferences in Paris and Washington, D.C., will feature senior government, industry, and transfer pricing experts from around the world, and will cover significant transfer pricing developments from Canadian, U.S. and global perspectives. The conference takes place in Toronto on September 29 and 30 at TIFF Bell Lightbox with hotel accommodations at Hotel Le Germain.
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