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Baruch College’s Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship is offering a 10-day financial literacy and business program Jan. 7-19 for students from Chile.

The big national tax prep chains reacted to the Internal Revenue Service’s announcement that tax season would be delayed until the end of the month with a mixture of statements ranging from acceptance to resignation to the equivalent of “I told you so.”

Intuit has been keeping abreast of all the developments with the recently enacted tax legislation, but the tax prep software giant is warning that its software is still dependent on the Internal Revenue Service updating all of its forms, schedules and instructions on time.

With the holiday season over, financial staffing firm Robert Half International took stock of the 14,000 toys and games, food items and household necessities collected and then distributed through its annual holiday drive.

Some of the largest corporations are relying on like-kind-exchanges to lower their tax bills, in some cases pushing the boundaries of what the Internal Revenue Service will allow under the law.

A question I am asked quite often is “how large does a CPA firm need to be before it needs a marketing director?” Because there are many variables to this equation, I usually fire back with a few qualifying questions to get to the “correct size” answer.

Am I a bad American because I don’t really care about the Cliff?

Northeast accounting firm The Mironov Group, Certified Public Accountants & Consultants recently hosted a Project Sandy Claus – Coats for Kids drive to benefit young Hurricane Sandy victims.

Several members of The Mironov Group, LLC, CPAs & Consultants, in Edison, N.J., recently participated in the firm’s Project Sandy Claus - Coats for Kids drive.

With the expiration of the payroll tax cuts, the majority of workers will be facing smaller amounts of take-home pay starting this month, but the American Institute of CPAs has some timely financial advice.