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Care to write off any Botox expenses? Intuit has come out with a set of the strangest tax deductions it’s seen this past tax season, including taxpayers who tried to write off the cost of Armani suits and a hired psychic.

Members of the New Jersey Society of CPAs now have another social networking site to maintain as the organization has launched a new place for its members to meet online.

The House Ways and Means Committee is rolling the dice and planning to convene a hearing next week on tax proposals related to legislation to legalize Internet gambling.

Students from Rutgers Preparatory School in Somerset, N.J. and Mt. St. Mary Academy in Watchung, N.J. have taken home close to $20,000 in cash awards and a trip to Washington D.C. for their knowledge about the Euro against the backdrop of the global financial and economic crisis.

The Senate Finance Committee held the third in a series of hearings Tuesday on the proposed bank tax, which has garnered more support now that the Senate has agreed to drop the $50 billion resolution fund from the financial reform bill.

Big Four PricewaterhouseCoopers has given out $500,000 in grants to four universities as part of their broader effort to promote and support the recruitment and advancement of diverse students within the accounting profession.

What happens when you’re a 65-year-old accountant and you’ve just been laid off by your employer of 20 years?

Do you see an economic crisis as a deep swallowing pit or a minor speed bump offering endless possibilities?

Stock exchanges are supposed to have mechanisms to shut down waves of panicked selling that could be triggered by computerized trading glitches, but that apparently didn’t happen in New York amid fears of a European debt crisis.

Next week, more than 150 employees from Bethesda, Md.-based Reznick Group will pile into buses and emerge on four area elementary schools – all in the name of financial literacy.