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As the days tick down until the end of tax season, some clients need some gentle urging to get their taxes done, or at least to file for a six-month extension.

The AICPA announced on Thursday that the application period for the 2016 Leadership Academy is now open. Now in its eighth year, the 2016 Leadership Academy will be held in Durham, NC from October 2 - 6 later this year.

As the NCAA Division I men’s and women' basketball tournament finished up last week, so too did the 2nd annual Uniform CPA Exam Bracketology, released by the National Association of the State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). In NASBA'S bracket, it was The University of Wisconsin and the University of Pennsylvania that claimed victories in their own men's and women's tournaments, respectively.

Thomson Reuters is building bridges with NetSuite and other vendors’ enterprise resource planning software, tying its sales tax technology to theirs.

The AICPA announced on Wednesday the winners of the 2015 Elijah Watt Sells Award, given to CPA candidates who earned an average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination, passed all four sections of the Examination on their first attempt, and completed testing in 2015.

Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Md. announced that they are planning a new "Forensic Accounting” course for undergrads next Fall, the Frederick News-Post reports.

The Caldwell House Bed and Breakfast in Salisbury Mills, N.Y., is offering some serious tax relief for tax preparers and accountants.

The Ohio Society of CPAs (OSCPA) announced this week that they have been honored with the Corporate Diversity Award from The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business.

Accountants can play an important role in deterring human trafficking and smuggling.

Exact Macola, provider of ERP and business software with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, recently announced the details of its community service programs to fight hunger both locally in Ohio and across the Americas. This year, Macola will be participating in the Empty Bowls Project - an international grassroots effort that raises money and awareness on ending hunger issues.