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Sales tax technology vendors have been expanding their efforts to help small and midsize businesses cope with the dizzying array of tax rates and rules across states, localities and countries.

At 82 years of age, Gary Gerson of Miami, FL has a resume that reads like a CPA wishlist: Becoming the youngest CPA in the country (21 years old in 1955), heading the Navy Area Audit Office during his military fulfillment during the Korean War, head of his own firm, and the only non-athlete to be inducted into the University of Florida's Athletic Hall of Fame, to name just a few accomplishments.

As Sunday marks Daylight Saving Time, professionals will lose another hour of sleep during tax season. However, according to a new survey from Accountemps, a Robert Half company, this lost hour will have no effect on an already tired workforce. Accountemps found that nearly three-quarters of U.S. workers work while they're tired, with one-third reporting they do so "very often."

Many forward-thinking companies are giving their employees access to financial wellness services to help them make sense of their finances.

This time of year it’s hard to be proactive with your clients. With deadlines looming, you are pushed into “critical needs” mode. However, because you are interacting with so many clients and pouring over details of their financial and business situation, the opportunities for being proactive are virtually endless. Faced with a bounty of opportunities and limited time what should you do?

The Internal Revenue Service will be making some changes in the due dates next year for several types of business tax returns, which should give accountants a little extra breathing room.

RSM US – provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market – recently awarded nine of their professionals across the nation with $10,000 each and nine additional paid-time-off days to “pursue their passions” through the firm’s 90-90-9 program.

Audit committee oversight, mergers and acquisitions, currency risk, cybersecurity, foreign currency risk and executive compensation are among the big topics likely to dominate annual shareholder meetings this spring, according to BDO USA.

Thumbtack, an online professional services marketplace, today released a new original report: “Beyond the Gig Economy: How New Technologies are Reshaping the Future of Work.” The report investigates the current "gig economy" - a market built on many short-term positions and employees - as well as examining the workforce of the future.

As March 8th marks International Women’s Day, a new report, titled Women in Business 2016: Turning promise into practice (based on the annual Grant Thornton survey of 5,520 businesses in 36 economies) reveals a slight increase of women in senior management positions, from 22% to 24%. Yet approximately one-third of businesses still do not have women in leadership positions.