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African American accountants should not give up quickly on career advancement at major accounting firms, according to Frank K. Ross of Howard University, and they should be sure to take the CPA Exam as soon as possible.

The concept of Client Relationship Management (CRM) is starting to gain momentum in the tax and accounting profession. And if you ask several accounting professionals, you will get many different answers about what CRM “means.”

Staffing company Experis is predicting that SEC reporting will be one of the hot job skills for 2012.

In a recent article I read in the Huffington Post, I learned that “a survey by U.K.-based officebroker.com finds that one-third of bosses believe some of their female co-workers wear too much makeup to work.”

Fifty percent of small businesses anticipate the 2011 holiday season will be more profitable than last year, according to a recent survey from Intuit.

Employees of New England accounting, tax and business consulting firm BlumShapiro recently raised $1,000 through the firm’s Jeans Day Program.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reached an agreement with the Assembly and Senate to provide lower tax rates for most taxpayers, although there is now a higher top tax rate of 8.82 percent through 2014 for those making over $2 million.

Next year’s report from the Accounting MOVE Project aims to track the effect of community service on women’s career advancements.

Businesses, resellers and accounting firms continue to debate the benefits of selling or using true cloud, hosted, and on-premises accounting and ERP systems.

Last night, my wife Colleen and I made Ina Garten’s Beef Bourguignon for dinner. It’s a real classic that did not disappoint! With this and every recipe I tackle, I have a few choices.