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KPMG announced that it will donate 5,000 new books to schools local to each of this season's tournament victories by the firm’s sponsored golfers, PGA Tour star Phil Mickelson and LPGA No. 1-ranked American Stacy Lewis.

Building relationships with clients can be done using the same behaviors that we use when building friendships and courting our spouse or significant other.

Elmer Kilian, one of the three tax preparers who won a lawsuit last month challenging the Internal Revenue Service’s authority to require testing and continuing education of tax preparers, thinks the chances are better than even that he and his fellow preparers will prevail if the IRS appeals the case.

A colleague recently asked me if I had ever been “catfished” on social media.

CCH teamed up with Chicago-area nonprofit Ladder Up in a social media campaign and donation effort to help the local community.

Cherry Hill, N.J., CPA firm Alloy Silverstein celebrated the 10th annual National Wear Red Day for the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign, donning the color in support of women’s health.

The American Institute of CPAs and the Institute of Management Accountants are still battling over bragging rights on management accounting credentials, a year after the AICPA launched the Chartered Global Management Accountant designation in a joint venture with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

The more than 150 CPA members of the Georgia Society of CPAs recently converged at the Georgia State Capital to celebrate the 2013 CPA Day at the Gold Dome.

Employees of Roseville, Calif.-based Top 100 accounting firm Gallina wore their support for women’s health on their sleeve Feb. 1, honoring National Heart Awareness month with a National Wear Red Day campaign.

A number of customers of CCH Small Firm Services have been complaining about problems with the latest version of the company’s ATX professional tax software, and the company said it has been working to address the bugs.