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The New York State Society of CPAs’ Foundation of Accounting Education and Pace University recently toasted to the 25th anniversary of the Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession (COAP) program.

Nevin Nussbaum, partner in the accounting and audit department of regional Ohio CPA firm Cohen & Company, will receive one of the fifth annual “30 for the Future” awards from the Greater Akron Chamber.

While the main buzz at the Sage Summit partner and user conference in Washington has been the re-branding of its entire product line, Sage North America chief executive Pascal Houillon also realizes they need to work on reaching out to the CPA community to create more products and services for them.

The IRS’s abrupt about-face on examining donors to 501(c)(4) political organizations about their gift tax liability seems to have brought the initiative to an end for now.

Do you remember where you were when you passed the CPA exam? I do, and if I had to guess, you do too.

Donna Cunningham, the chief administrative officer at Midwest tax and business advisory firm Stone Carlie & Company, was named Woman of the Year for 2011-12 by the National Association of Professional Women.

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has been encouraging small businesses in Amish communities to file their taxes electronically, but that’s a problem since the Amish in some of the small upstate communities don’t use electricity, computers or phones.

Northeastern accounting, tax and business consulting firm Citrin Cooperman raised $15,652 in support of the American Cancer Society’s 2011 Relay for Life June 24-25 in Ocean City, N.J.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board today announced the awarding of 52 merit-based scholarships in the inaugural year of its new program.

You might have noticed that Google launched a new suite of social media and productivity apps, collectively named Google+, last week.