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The Supreme Court’s landmark decision last month striking down the Defense of Marriage Act may have solved the estate tax problems of the lead plaintiff, Edith Windsor, but it still is leaving a lot of uncertainty among same-sex couples, particularly those in states that do not recognize same-sex marriage.

The Indian Waters Council of the Boy Scouts of America hosted a dedication ceremony July 13 to celebrate the opening of The Randy Scott Memorial Shooting Range at Camp Barstow in honor of the founder of Scott and Company CPAs.

One day out of five can be spent managing poor employees, according to a recent poll of CFOs, who estimated that supervisors spend about 17 percent of their time managing poorly performing hires.

Top 100 business advisory and management consulting firm SS&G’s 16th Annual Memorial Golf Classic June 25 raised more than $23,000 to benefit the Cleveland and Greater East Ohio Area chapters of the Alzheimer’s Association.

Several recent studies suggest that women are better qualified than men to oversee corporate finances, although the results at the board level are unclear.

Sage North America has formed The Competitive Edge for Accounting Professionals: Value Beyond Tax and Compliance Services, a new CPE program for accounting professionals in conjunction with the Business Learning Institute.

The Association for Accounting Marketing announced its 2013-14 leadership team, including elected president Katie Tolin, director of practice growth at Ohio CPA firm Rea & Associates.

With the recent announcement by Detroit’s state-appointed emergency manager of his intention to file for bankruptcy on behalf of the beleaguered Motor City, government pension accounting rules are being questioned.

The hottest trends and topics today are practice management, workflow, process, technology and the cloud—all mechanisms by which firms deliver services. But that’s only the “What” of what we do.

The Virginia Society of CPAs Educational Foundation awarded 23 scholarships totaling more than $43,000 for the 2013-14 academic year.