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IMGCAP(1)] When was the last time you got a referral from an existing client? Last week, last month, last quarter or last year? Most partners that I work with get a handful of these kinds of referrals a year. These kinds of referrals are usually among the best kind of referrals you can receive because there is pre-established trust, no competition, no proposal, and it’s a quick and painless sales process. So, if these are the best kind of referrals to get, what are you doing to get more of them?

LeBron James’s much-hyped decision to join the Miami Heat will undoubtedly yield him a fortune in tax savings, given the lack of a state individual income tax in Florida.

This weekend and into early next week, members of JHI, a global network of accountancy, business advisory and financial consulting firms, will be sailing away aboard the Star Victory Cruise ship during its Asia-Pacific Regional Conference and Annual General Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam.

First Lady Michelle Obama stopped by the offices of the Treasury Department this week to meet a 60-year IRS veteran and the widow of a slain IRS employee.

What’s it like to be spending your summer as a tax intern at Ernst & Young in New Jersey? One brave soul shares her experiences through a new blog on the New Jersey Society of CPAs' web site.

Rick Solomon, president and CEO of the RAN ONE network of accounting and professional services firms, thinks that CPAs should compete to be the biggest losers, of clients, that is.

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While Greece is confronting a sharp economic downturn and a severe budget deficit, one thing the country apparently won’t be doing is imposing a tax on online ads.

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In a little-noticed provision of the mammoth financial reform legislation approved Wednesday by the House, CPAs are authorized to help the GAO’s Comptroller General conduct an annual audit of the Federal Reserve’s new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.