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UC Berkeley announced this week that a new accounting program, the "Berkeley Charter of Professional Accountancy" (BCPA) will be offering summer courses at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business over the next two summers, open to all members of the community. The program allows students to earn 30 units in accounting-related coursework - a requirement for those taking the CPA Exam.

Despite government disapproval, corporate inversions still have fans

Wolcott & Associates thrives serving an industry it loves

John Raspante of NAPLIA discusses in this video how accountants can protect themselves from malpractice claims, including screening clients to find out if they have a history of suing CPAs and keeping up with CPE requirements and the latest skills.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new lease accounting standard could have some positive payoffs for companies if they take a careful approach to implementing it.

With cases of identity theft and tax fraud increasing almost exponentially, tax preparers should educate their clients about the dangers they face in having their information compromised, according to executives at several credit monitoring and identity protection services.

Nexonia has acquired ExpenseWatch, provider of spend management solutions.

NetSuite has acquired the cloud practice of IQity, provider of advanced collaborative manufacturing software.

The Illinois CPA Society announced on Thursday that they are now accepting scholarship applications for the 2016-17 academic year. Approximately 30 individual tuition and textbook scholarships will be available to college students who have demonstrated "hard work, academic success, and financial need," per the Society's announcement.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.