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Michael Savoy, senior shareholder at Santa Monica-based firm Gumbiner Savett, is being honored with the Humanitarian Award at the National Jewish Health and Los Angeles Professional Services "Black and White Ball," the firm announced this week. The event will be held June 4, at the Skirball Cultural Center, in West Los Angeles.

TaxAct plans to launch a new sweepstakes next week for tax professionals to celebrate the end of tax season.

Century City's NSBN, CPAs & Business Consultants again honored the Concern Foundation as the beneficiary at the firm's 23rd Annual Charity Golf Tournament, held this past November. The Concern Foundation's mission statement is to "CONquer CanCER Now," and has, to date, funded over 700 cancer research scientists across the country and abroad.

Montana State University announced this week that Anne Christensen, accounting professor at the University's Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship, has been elected president of the American Accounting Association’s Board of Directors. Christensen’s election will see a one-year term beginning this August, followed by a one-year term as president and another as past-president.

The annual Rosenberg Survey of CPA firm management is preparing to get underway.

Last Friday, the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) held their annual Jumpstart to Accounting event, in which students representing 25 colleges and universities got to learn more about the transition to the professional world with the help of some of Chicago's biggest firms.

According to a new article by Rwandan English daily The New Times, Rwanda is in dire need of CPAs. An estimated 5,000 professionals are needed in the country, as only some 300 professionals are currently registered in the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda (ICPAR).

EY announced on Friday new Corporate Responsibility Sabbatical programs, effective immediately, that will enable EY Americas professionals to "strengthen global and local communities through longer volunteer placements where they can learn new business skills, team across borders, or even experience a new culture," per a statement.

Oklahoma State University's School of Accounting will induct four alumni into their Wilton T. Anderson Hall of Fame, NewsOK reports. An April 22 banquet will induct John Fiebig; Dee Niles; Larry Walther and Shane Wharton into the Hall of Fame. Lindsey Callery, another alumnus, will also receive the Beta Alpha Psi Distinguished Alumni award.

The Tax Foundation has released a report on proposals to integrate the corporate and individual income tax codes and how they might work in the context of congressional tax reform.