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Bloomberg BNA has released the inaugural edition of the Bloomberg BNA 2015 Federal Tax Guide, a quick-reference guide for tax practitioners to help with preparing 2014 individual and business tax returns and 2015 planning.

The Information Technology Alliance, a not-for-profit professional association of CPA firms, consulting firms and technology vendors, has created a new CIO Academy to educate chief information officers at the biggest CPA firms in North America.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Virginia Beach-based bank holding company and its former chief financial officer with violating the federal securities laws by improperly accounting for a deferred tax asset that was not fully realizable due to the company’s deteriorating loan portfolio and financial condition.

A roundup of recent accounting firm mergers and acquisitions …

John Mackel has been named managing partner and chief executive officer of the Top 100 Firm Weaver. Mackel succeeds Tommy Lawler who will complete his six-year term in May 2015.

Intuit has made its new QuickBooks Online Accountant available to new users.

Members of The Georgia Society of CPAs (GSCPA), wishing to raise awareness of financial literacy education amongst young people, recently coordinated the second annual statewide GSCPA Financial Literacy Day for eighth-grade students. The program, titled "Millennial Money," gave CPAs throughout the state an opportunity to teach local eighth-grade students the importance of financial education, and how budgeting and saving can impact both their personal and professional lives throughout their futures.

Michael Pires, division vice president at ADP Small Business Services, talks about recent trends in the Accountants Confidence Index and the improving labor market for accountants and other professionals, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

Accountants will increasingly need to help the organizations they work with manage their financial risks, according to panelists at an event sponsored by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants.