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A group of documentary filmmakers has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Tax Court in the hopes that documentaries won’t be automatically considered not-for-profit activities by the tax authorities.

The Illinois CPA Society presented Deloitte Tax Senior Manager Muhammad Gigani with its 2011 Outstanding Leadership in Advancing Diversity Award for his work in promoting inclusiveness in the community and at Deloitte Tax.

Lawmakers in Congress, along with the American Institute of CPAs, have written to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board questioning how far a proposed interim rule for auditing broker-dealers should extend.

The Women’s Leadership Forum, a day-long event sponsored by the California CPA Education Foundation and the California Society of CPAs, will be held Friday at the Marriott Marina del Rey.

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman apologized to victims of identity theft for the rudeness of the IRS employees who dealt with their complaints.

Mark Eberle, partner at Arizona-based CPA and business advisory firm Henry & Horne, received the 2011 Segner Award from the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce.

Barbara Rosenbaum, senior tax shareholder at Santa Monica, Calif.-based business and advisory firm Gumbiner Savett, will co-chair the California Society of CPAs’ 2011 Women’s Leadership Forum June 10 at the Marina del Rey Marriott.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., was one of the Republican congressional leaders who met with President Obama on Wednesday to talk about the debt ceiling impasse.

Boston accounting firm Feeley & Driscoll staff volunteered with the Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity to mark its 12th year of partnership with the organization.

New research indicates that external auditors are likely to rely on the work of internal auditors only under certain circumstances.