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One of my favorite bloggers, Rita Keller, wrote a great post on her blog Tuesday about toxic energy in accounting firms brought on by Baby Boomer partners who stay too long and are reluctant to change because they are cozy in what they have built and where they are.

Two services are using new technology to assess the likelihood of accounting irregularities at companies and the impact of negative news stories on corporate reputations.

Last week it was Jody Padar, this week it’s Rebeccah Wassner – triathlons seem to be popular among the CPA sect.

At least one tax expert is advising certain taxpayers to wait until next year to claim a deduction for their charitable contributions for Haiti earthquake relief.

Partners and employees at Seattle, Wash.-based Moss Adams donated $75,000 toward Haiti relief efforts, which was matched 100 percent by the Moss Adams LLP Foundation.

Efforts between the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board at converging U.S. GAAP with International Financial Reporting Standards are starting to generate a backlash on the other side of the Atlantic.

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Ron Howard is one of the executive producers behind a new comedy series set in an IRS district office that may be coming to a TV screen near you.

A new Canadian workplace study focusing on leadership reiterates the obvious – when leadership is good, it can be very very good and when it’s bad – watch out.

The Maryland Association of CPAs has produced a romantic, but comical YouTube video using animated characters from Second Life singing a song with the lyrics, “If I were an auditor, and you were a lady.”