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Pepcom’s EcoFocus mini trade show showcased a wide range of eco-friendly products, some of which could be handy in accounting firms and some probably not.

You can breathe a sigh of relief, the big push towards the April 15th tax deadline is over. Now you’ll spend the next few weeks finishing taxes for clients who filed an extension. Then, after taking a much deserved break for some rest and relaxation, what should you do next?

As the federal government struggles to control runaway deficits, talk of a value-added tax has been gaining both supporters and critics.

Here’s somestats to support what we already know – going green in the workplace can leadto more green in the bank.

SEC Chair Mary Schapiro told the House Financial Services Committee that the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance plans to use the results of its letter-writing campaign to banks and insurance companies to gauge how much use they are making of the kinds of repurchase agreements that were identified as hiding large debts on Lehman Brothers’ balance sheet.

They certainly aren’t the only firm who has donated money to the Accounting Doctoral Scholars Program, but Crowe Horwath has contributed $81,250 of its total commitment of $325,000.

Lehman Brothers’ former CEO Richard Fuld spent an uncomfortable afternoon on Capitol Hill being accused of various accounting improprieties by lawmakers, regulators, a bankruptcy examiner and a former employee.

Check this out: award-winning author and Harvard Business Review blogger Tammy Erickson will give her spin on generational stereotypes in the accounting profession during a Young CPA Infocast sponsored by the AICPA.

Richard Fuld, the former CEO of Lehman Brothers will be testifying Tuesday before Congress about the defunct investment bank’s accounting practices in light of the recent report by bankruptcy examiner Anton Valukas.

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