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Do you remember hearing about that crazy group of CPAs who played silly games and splashed at the Liquid Lounge at the AICPA Practitioners Symposium and TECH+ Conference last year? And how the year before they drove 60-mile-per-hour go-karts as mentioned here? You might remember that it all began with trampoline dodgeball three years ago. The AICPA remembers, too

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released a report last week showing that the Internal Revenue Service has made significant progress in processing applications for tax-exempt status from organizations, but it’s not enough to satisfy critics of the agency.

The hiring picture at small businesses improved slightly in April, according to the payroll giant Paychex.

NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson opened the company’s 2015 SuiteWorld user conference announcing a new cloud alliance between NetSuite and Microsoft Office 365, Windows and Azure.

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service reported the best results it has seen in over five years this tax season, in contrast with competing tax prep chains H&R Block and Liberty Tax.

The new addition comes with eight employees, which brings the total of DZH Phillips staff to more than 80 accounting professionals and 100 employees throughout offices in San Francisco, Oakland, San Rafael and on the peninsula.

The IRS is accepting applications for its Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council. Applications will be accepted through June 26.

Tax prep, bookkeeping and payroll services company and franchiser ATAX recently announced plans to double its U.S. presence over the next 20 months.

Each year, I offer ideas for growth after tax season. While we believe you should continue marketing during tax season because it’s the very best time to grow your business, we realize that for many of you there comes a point where there is a lull in your business development and marketing activities. Here are this year’s 5 post tax- season growth ideas to kick-start or keep your momentum going.

Major tax prep chains Liberty Tax Inc. and H&R Block reported that the number of returns they prepared this tax season were flat or down slightly.