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Work may be hard to come by these days, but here’s some good news: those of you who are working temporary jobs have a greater chance of turning those gigs into a full-time position. At least, according to Accountemps, a financial staffing firm based in Menlo Park, Calif.

Yele Haiti, the non-profit organization formed by musician and rapper Wyclef Jean has hired RSM Gladrey to help set up a new bank account for its Haitian earthquake fund.

Trained volunteers from the University of Central Missouri’s Beta Alpha Psi organization will provide tax help to people who cannot afford to file their own tax returns.

Bringing on and training interns might not be anything unusual, but this is what is – that a firm would actually send out a press release announcing their arrival.

A bipartisan pair of Senators, Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, have proposed giving employers payroll tax break for hiring unemployed workers.

IMGCAP(1)] Intimidated by sharing your brilliance? Frightened to speak up to the older, more experienced partners in your firm? It’s understandable. Generational guru Rebecca Ryan of Next Generation Consulting is here to help.

In case you were wondering where the passionate accountants were, there’s a new Web site that will tell you, appropriately called “The Passionate Accountant.”

Congress’s unexpected failure to fix the estate tax is putting estate planners in an uncomfortable position.

IMGCAP(1)] Given the economy, shouldn’t we all just be grateful to be employed even if we don’t exactly love our jobs? Generational guru Rebecca Ryan of Next Generation Consulting answers this question fresh from the Winning is Everything Conference in Las Vegas.

The IRS is telling its field agents to be on the lookout for cases where banks are using equity swap transactions as a way for their offshore clients to avoid taxes.