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Moore Stephens’ Hong Kong firm won a victory in a New York federal appeals court on a case that could have a far-reaching impact on class-action lawsuits involving audit reports.

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Realize when your firm needs help in international waters, because when it comes to fraud, the times — they are a-changin’

Joe Woodard called upon the Greek gods to officially open the 2016 Scaling New Heights conference, offering attendees mythological lessons apropos to the event’s location at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas.

In a recent op-ed published in Massachusetts-centered CommonWealth Magazine, Amy Pitter, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants, urged that accounting become as considered as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) occupations for students in the state, and "as Massachusetts grows, so does its accounting sector."

I know many CPAs who left public accountancy to take a “better” job. For many of them this was a mistake. For some it worked out, so if you are one of the lucky few, you can stop reading what I have to say.

Alan Whitman, incoming CEO of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, discusses his goals for the firm in this video.

A bipartisan group of senators from the Senate Finance Committee are asking the Treasury Department to intervene with European Commission officials who have been investigating special deals set up by U.S.-based multinationals with countries in the European Union allowing them to lower their taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service is reminding tax professionals to register for its 2016 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums, where they can earn up to 19 continuing professional education credits.

The American Institute of CPAs has asked the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department for the IRS to set up a separate user fee category for private letter ruling requests for S corporations, which would result in lower fees for these requests.