AT Think

There are many things to be thankful for in both my personal and professional life. And, of course, it’s that time of year when we ponder these things and reflect on just how far we’ve come.

The holiday season is a hectic time for busy professionals to manage both work and life, but I thought I’d share some great gift ideas and special tools that may help ease your holiday shopping endeavors.

Phoenix-based CPA Randall Sorensen would love the IRS to take notice of his new software designed to cure what he deems to be the gross overpayment of the Earned Income Tax Credit as a result of fraud.

KPMG represented the Big Four as one of Computerworld’s top 12 Green-IT Organizations for 2011, ranking No. 2 for its efficient strategies, work to reduce energy consumption in IT equipment and use of technology to conserve energy and lower carbon emissions.

One of the most popular destinations on the Internet, Wikipedia, is currently in the midst of its annual fundraising drive through its nonprofit parent organization, the Wikimedia Foundation.

Deloitte released the second edition of a report from the Deloitte Global Center for Corporate Governance, Women in the boardroom: A global perspective, which details the legislative efforts in 17 countries to encourage more women to serve on listed company boards.

As widely expected, the congressional “supercommittee” charged with coming up with $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction measures said Monday that it was unable to reach an agreement in time for its November 23 deadline.

Good manners were instilled in me at an early age. I couldn’t have anything without a please or a thank you. It wasn’t until I started my first job that I realized how important it was here, too.

Tax season might be a few months away, but now is the time to start thinking about how to manage staff and adequately prepare for the extra work, longer hours and tighter deadlines that accompany this time of year.

Accounting Principals has a new survey out with the outlook on the economy from financial professionals, and apparently next year is looking better than this one.