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The Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA) announced on Friday that they've awarded scholarships totaling $250,000 to 97 accounting students attending 18 different colleges and universities in the state.

Coaching and consulting firm ConvergenceCoaching released the highlights of their third annual Anytime, Anywhere™ Work Survey this week, with this year's survey focused on flexible work initiatives based on polls from 160 unique CPA firms.

Becker Professional Education, subsidiary of the DeVry Education Group, announced on Thursday that Kenneth Koskay will be joining the company as senior director of Global Accounts. Koskay will lead a team of sales representatives focused on growing Becker’s Continuing Professional Education (CPE) product line.

The Oregon Society of CPAS (OSCPA) Educational Foundation, in affiliation with the OSCPA, recently announced its scholarship award recipients for the 2016-17 academic year. Scholarships range from $2,000 to $3,000, for a total of $106,000 awarded to 49 students.

The rules for claiming net operating losses to offset income tax liabilities can vary from state to state and are proving to be a big challenge for many companies, especially as both the economy and corporate profitability improve.

The AICPA announced on Wednesday that they will be offering a free, four-part webcast series on creating a more inclusive workplace in the accounting profession. Dubbed "The Workplace Inclusion" series, the webcast is a continuation of an earlier series on unconscious bias. The first part will premiere on Thursday, Aug. 18, from 1-2 pm ET.

Top 100 accounting and business advisory firm RubinBrown announced on Tuesday the roll out of its new brand for wealth advisory services - RubinBrown Wealth Advisors.

The AICPA and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) announced this week that Isabella Grabner, associate professor of accounting at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, Netherlands, is the recipient of the 2016 Best Early Career Researcher Award.

A total of 37 states provide full exemptions from sales and use taxes on manufacturing equipment and machinery, but for the rest of the states, the rules can be different.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) and the AICPA announced on Tuesday that they have approved proposed revisions to the Statement on Standards for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs (Standards), as well as the NASBA Fields of Study document, at their respective July and August 2016 Board of Directors meetings.