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The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance last week on how to apply the Section 909 foreign tax credit splitter rules, which were enacted in August 2010 as part of the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act.

Florida CPA and consulting firm Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Company recently donated all of the proceeds from an educational series it hosted to the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce Women in Business.

Seattle-headquartered CPA firm Clark Nuber was named a winner of the 2012 Better Workplace Awards by the Association of Washington Business, recognizing companies that lead the way in workplace safety, job training and advancement, and innovative benefit and compensation programs.

The majority of comments on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s proposal for mandatory rotation of audit firms by publicly traded companies have been negative.

Minnesota CPA firm Abdo, Eick and Meyers received the Small Business of the Year award from the Greater Mankato Area United Way for their volunteering and fundraising efforts for the organization.

A Canadian courtroom has been the scene of a prolonged trial of former executives of Nortel Networks, in the biggest accounting fraud case to hit the country since the Livent trial.

Culture is everything in my firm. By keeping it positive and in-line with the needs of my employees, everyone is happy, more productive, and will stick around for the long haul.

My coworker recently sent me a great article on Mashable, detailing a new internet start up, Stylitics, described by the author as “a new way to organize your wardrobe and track your spending.”

A recent survey of U.S. bankruptcy attorneys found a major jump in student loan debtors seeking their help, pointing the way to a possible mortgage-style debt crisis.

CEOs, senior business leaders and heads of sustainability from U.S. and global companies will meet Feb. 14-16 in a KPMG-organized Sustainable Growth Summit in New York to make recommendations for the upcoming Rio+20 conference on sustainability in the city.