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It was a lofty goal, but Grant Thornton employees from around the country aimed to collect $111,000 worth of peanut butter, macaroni and cheese, chicken noodle soup and granola bars last month to benefit the Feeding America’s Kids Café program. They ended up collecting more.

A group of 47 House Democrats has written to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., asking to extend the soon-to-expire Bush tax cuts on dividends and capital gains, echoing a similar letter sent this month by 31 House Democrats that advocates extending the tax cuts for upper-income taxpayers.

Passing the CPA exam will not be easy, but if you follow these five important rules, you will significantly increase your chances.

The National Society of Accountants is congratulating itself on scoring a win against the AICPA, convincing the IRS not to grant an exemption from its new preparer registration requirements for non-signing preparers at CPA firms.

Atlanta-based Porter Keadle Moore has made a contribution to the Center for Forensic Studies in Accounting at Georgia Southern University – to the tune of $6,000.

AccountantsWorld president Chandra Bhansali visited the WebCPA and Accounting Today offices on Friday to discuss the company’s cloud computing services for accountants, which are now being packaged together at a discount.

I recently returned from the Illinois CPA Society conference. I left with a lot of great information, as well as some interesting observations. The most striking observation relates to the accounting profession’s very obvious demographic profile.

Oprah Winfrey hired a CPA to make sure her audience won’t have to pay extra taxes for the free trip to Australia she gave to everyone present for the premiere episode of her final season.

IMGCAP(1)] Accounting, like any other industry, has evolved throughout the generations in an effort to push productivity thresholds to newer and higher maximums. Technology, systems, processes, and workplace environments have all evolved into what we can simply call The Cubicle Age.

The small business bill passed by the House today appears to have gone through a number of name changes along the way, leading to a bit of confusion in exactly what Congress approved.