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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) will deliver a noon keynote address on Monday, Sept. 21, at the National Cannabis Industry Association’s Fall Regional Cannabis Business Summit, taking place at the Wyndham New Yorker in New York City, Sept. 21-22.

Thomson Reuters has introduced a Tax Fundamentals Certificate Program for tax professionals and those who help them.

ZenPayroll announced a name change to Gusto and the launch of integrated health benefits and workers’ compensation into its unified service.

Investors place the greatest trust in independent auditors, according to a new survey by the Center for Audit Quality.

The tax law firm Burt, Staples & Maner LLP has joined Ernst & Young as the accounting firm expands its international tax practice.

President Barack Obama, seizing on a lifeline from Republican presidential candidates, is dusting off his campaign to end a tax break exploited by private-equity managers, venture capitalists and some hedge fund executives.

On Wednesday, Thomson Reuters released their special report, Projected 2016 Inflation-Adjusted Tax Brackets and Other Key Figures, which demonstrates that, despite modest inflation in the past year, tax brackets will be adjusted upward in 2016, easing the tax burden slightly for many taxpayers. The adjustments will prevent the loss of tax benefits due solely to inflation.

The IRS2Go app can now be used to make payments, as well as check refund status and receive tax tips.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has teamed up with the United Nations Children’s Fund in an effort to show companies how to improve children’s rights around the world, while also expanding its efforts to educate accountants in the U.S. and abroad.

Teamwork is a concept that is thrown around loosely in the accounting profession. We all want it and expect it, until we worry if we are billing enough hours.