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Even though legislation requiring online retailers to collect sales taxes from their customers passed the Senate back in May, it remains in limbo in the House, leaving online retailers in a state of uncertainty after the Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear Amazon.com’s appeal of New York State’s so-called “Amazon tax” law.

Staff of Mercadien Group contributed more than 250 canned goods to be donated to local human care organization Mercer Street Friends.

The New Jersey Society of CPAs membership group the Young CPAs collected more than 2,800 pounds of food during its annual September to November food drive to benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey.

A new report from Ernst & Young predicts an increasing number of women will be joining corporate boards.

For a second year, New England accounting and consulting firm BlumShapiro collected and distributed food to provide Thanksgiving meals for more than 2,000 families and seniors in New Haven, Conn.

Now let me ask you, how many “favorite standby” referral sources do you have in your network that produce a constant stream of high-quality referrals for you? Most accountants I know with don’t have more than a handful – and frankly it’s not enough.

Three short takes: IASB vs. EU; M. Prada stumbles, and GAAP reporting as perjury

Payroll service provider Paychex has released an infographic on detailing the steps that employers should take now to prepare for the employer shared responsibility payment under the Affordable Care Act, and the potential costs to employers who fail to act.

While you can admit there are opportunities available to the profession to address the many challenges we face, I believe we all have an opportunity to be grateful for what we have now and to show gratitude to our employees.

New Jersey-based CPA firm WithumSmith+Brown recently coordinated two “jeans day” food drives to help local food banks in short supply.