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A team of four University at Buffalo School of Management seniors won the fifth annual Becker Professional Education Case Competition last week on the UB campus.

National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson, who heads the Internal Revenue Service’s Taxpayer Advocacy Service, is welcoming several of the changes announced by the IRS in its tax lien process, which she has long criticized, but she also made it clear that the IRS needs to do more.

Woburn, Mass.-based accounting firm DiCicco, Gulman & Co. was granted a 2010 Gold Footprint Award this week from Building Impact, the nonprofit that connects people in Greater Boston-area commercial and residential buildings with local volunteer and charity opportunities.

Ernst & Young has managed to transfer the lawsuit brought by former New York Attorney General (and now Governor) Andrew Cuomo over its audits of Lehman Brothers from state court to federal court, but the new attorney general wants to move the case back to his turf.

Do you know what your firm’s key competitive advantage is? You know, your area of specialty; the thing that you do better than any other firm in the world?

More states and localities have been raising revenue by imposing taxes on the growing number of cell phones and smart phones carried by consumers, with the taxes often hidden inside the small print on the wireless service bill.

Iowa State University students are currently providing tax help as part of both the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program and a business course.

International forensic accounting, consulting and financial investigation firm RGL Forensics will be providing expert commentary for Spike TV’s “1,000 Ways to Die” in the form of Los Angeles-based partner Robert Jones.

The Internal Revenue Service has been getting its systems in order to handle the onslaught of pent-up tax returns that electronic filers have been sending its way this week.

I recently had the pleasure of hosting a roundtable call for the Association for Accounting Marketing on marketing and selling during tax season. This is always a hot topic for marketers and professionals alike. Everyone recognizes that the months between January and April present all firms the most opportunity. But, given all the other demands—like client services—how do you manage?