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As March 15 rolls around and we hit the midway point of tax season, I’m just thinking about all the delightful dinners I enjoyed over the past few weeks.

Credit card and bank card skimmer fraud has spread around the world, stealing from consumers and banks at locations ranging from gas stations to ATMs and restaurants, according to a report from ACCA USA, the U.S. arm of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, and Pace University in New York.

For the last few weeks the accounting profession’s rumor mill has been buzzing with stories that Rothstein Kass is about to be acquired by KPMG. Is this all just a matter of frantic speculation, or could this rumor actually have some truth to it?

New England CPA and consulting firm BerryDunn is taking advantage of the long winter to raise funds for nonprofit WinterKids.

Accounting ranked as one of the most in-demand flexible jobs, according to FlexJobs, an online service for professionals seeking telecommuting, flexible schedule, part-time and freelance jobs.

The internal control framework that was unveiled last year by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, also known as COSO, will take some time to adjust to, but the Securities and Exchange Commission is encouraging companies to transition to it by the end of this year.

Only once in my professional adult life have I had my tax returns personally delivered – and it was an amazing experience.

For the first time, we are presenting in Accounting Today this edited excerpt from the prologue to Quality Financial Reporting, a book we published in 2002.

The tax reform proposal issued this week by House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., is continuing to generate plenty of discussion.

Santa Monica, Calif.-based full-service accounting, taxation and consulting firm Gumbiner Savett has announced the 2014 charitable organization recipients for its monthly “Jeans Day” fundraising activity.