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Do you remember hearing about that crazy group of CPAs who played silly games and splashed at the Liquid Lounge at the AICPA Practitioners Symposium and TECH+ Conference last year? And how the year before they drove 60-mile-per-hour go-karts as mentioned here? You might remember that it all began with trampoline dodgeball three years ago. The AICPA remembers, too

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released a report last week showing that the Internal Revenue Service has made significant progress in processing applications for tax-exempt status from organizations, but it’s not enough to satisfy critics of the agency.

Each year, I offer ideas for growth after tax season. While we believe you should continue marketing during tax season because it’s the very best time to grow your business, we realize that for many of you there comes a point where there is a lull in your business development and marketing activities. Here are this year’s 5 post tax- season growth ideas to kick-start or keep your momentum going.

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is meeting with some success in prompting foreign banks to disclose the holdings of U.S. taxpayers to the Internal Revenue Service, according to a former IRS official.

It’s official. Governor Nikki Halley has declared May 6 to be CPA Day in South Carolina.

A new AICPA survey found that an increasing majority (68 percent) of Americans with loans or whose children have loans expressed some regret about the way they paid for that education - representing an eight percentage point increase from the 2013 survey when 60 percent had regrets.

During the Accounting Diversity Pipeline Project's recent "Roundtable on Building a Sustainable Diverse Pipeline of Accounting Professionals for the 21st Century" last week in Williamsburg, Va., PCAOB board member Jeanette Franzel reiterated that building a diverse talent pool is "critically important" to the profession's future.

Senior financial professionals polled by the Institute of Management Accountants reported little impact on their hiring plans as a result of the Affordable Care Act.

Accounting and consulting firm BDO USA, along with EY and Protiviti, have been named amongst 2015's "25 Best Places to Work for Recent Grads" by Symplicity, provider of career services management solutions. Symplicity describes the 2015 list of honorees as organizations that offer fun and supportive company cultures, good paychecks, and extraordinary opportunities for career growth. Accenture, General Motors, Nationwide, Nestle, and SAS were among the other winners.

The AICPA identified eight issues it believes are essential for Congress to consider in order to achieve small business tax reform in written testimony submitted last week to the House Small Business Committee for the record of the hearing the committee held on April 15, 2015 entitled, “Tax Reform: Ensuring that Main Street Isn’t Left Behind.”