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No big surprises here, but the Government Accountability Office has found widespread material weaknesses in internal control in the federal government’s financial management.

The South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants – which created their Young CPAs Leadership Cabinet last year – has chosen four professionals from Elliott Davis as members.

President Obama and congressional leaders of both parties spent most of the day on a health care summit where few points of agreement emerged between Democrats and Republicans.

From now until March 19, Virginia college students can either nominate themselves or be nominated for the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants’ Leaders’ Institute taking place in June.

The other day, I noted that the IRS has been getting requests for extensions on the comment period for its new rules on disclosing uncertain tax positions on tax returns, and the American Institute of CPAs is now asking for an extension as well.

Have accountant, will travel.This is the tagline of a new Internet-based CPA firm that touts itself asoffering the convenience of online filing paired with the valuable benefits ofa personal CPA relationship.

The Internal Revenue Service wants large businesses to start disclosing their uncertain tax positions on their tax returns, but on the other hand it doesn’t want an information overload.

Steve Purdy is a HarleyDavidson-riding CPA in Shockoe Slip , Va. who was recently profiled inthe Richmond Times-Dispatch, where he said, “Not many CPAs I know are intothem.”

Ascend, a networking organization for Pan-Asian accounting and finance professionals, ushered in the Year of the Tiger last Friday evening in New York.

There’s been this guy staring at me in my office. Turns out, he’s a psychological communication expert who specializes in the financial services industry. Oh boy.