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The Carolinas office of PwC is donating $100,000 to The First Tee, a nonprofit that teaches young people core values through golf.

Daniel Rowe, tax manager of the Savannah office of Georgia CPA firm Deemer Dana & Froehle, recently presented a “2013 Federal Tax Update” to local CPAs during the Georgia Society of CPAs’ “CPE Days” in Savannah and Augusta, Ga.

The Internal Revenue Service has released final regulations for repairs of tangible property, providing some benefits for small businesses that were not in the earlier temporary regulations, but also perhaps shutting them out from breaks available to larger companies.

Finding qualified talent today is tough, especially if you are in a service-based business.

Federal Express was able to work out a settlement with the Internal Revenue Service late last month in a long-running case involving tax credits for research and development, and the case could have broad implications for other companies claiming R&D tax credits for internally developed software.

The American Institute of CPAs announced that this year it will award one-year scholarships totaling more than $370,000 to 117 undergraduate and graduate students through the AICPA’s Legacy Scholars program.

The Connecticut Society of CPAs announced the 2013 “New and Young Professionals to Watch,” three emerging leaders age 35 or younger who have differentiated themselves in the accounting profession.

Cleveland-based CPA firm Cohen & Company was named a 2013 winner of the NorthCoast 99 award, recognizing the top 99 northeast Ohio companies that attract, reward and retain top performers.

The New Jersey Society of CPAs has decided to address the social media trend by giving its members advice on how to leverage Twitter with the help of a slightly older but equally popular Web medium, YouTube.

I want to take the opportunity in this week’s blog to focus on vendors, and clearly vocalize the needs of today’s progressive accounting firms—the NEW generation of CPAs.