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Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich squared off in a lively debate in Jacksonville, Fla., on Thursday night as the two leading Republican Presidential candidates traded charges over finances and other issues.

Philadelphia-area accounting firm Alloy, Silverstein, Shapiro, Adams, Mulford, Cicalese, Wilson & Co. recently hosted 29 aspiring accountants for its fourth annual Externship Day, which gives college students an inside look at the CPA profession.

President Obama stuck to his main priorities in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, with just a few surprises in the way of tax reform.

Like it or not, your e-mail inbox is likely the place where you spend the majority of your work time.

The deductibility of commuting expenses for bicyclists should be increased, according to a recently released academic paper.

PricewaterhouseCoopers will launch a “customizable brand experience” on its campus website Feb. 6-10, intended to help students start building their careers.

It’s the new year and accountants celebrate it with mixed emotions, as tax season is on the horizon.

As an addendum to the Debits & Credits item I posted last Friday, I received some emails from Jan Van Dusen, the Oakland, Calif., cat rescuer who beat the IRS in U.S. Tax Court last year, but nevertheless had her cats seized by the Oakland animal control authorities.

How did it get to be tax season again? Where did my off season go?

Cat rescuer Jan Van Dusen won a case against the Internal Revenue Service last June when the U.S. Tax Court agreed that she could write off most of the $12,068 that she claimed in charitable contributions on her 2004 tax return for caring for over 70 abandoned cats.