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For many accountants, whether they're sole proprietors or managing partners at top 100 firms, managing the marketing efforts of their firm seems like a tricky proposition.

A taxpayer undergoing an audit at an Internal Revenue Service office on Long Island successfully sued the IRS for $862,000 after he was injured by tripping over a phone cord.

The Internal Revenue Service has released more documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from Tax Analysts for training materials used in guidance for the IRS Exempt Organizations determinations office.

Thomson Reuters has released a retrospective report on the key tax developments of 2013, which included a major federal tax law as well as many significant new cases, regulations, rulings and revenue procedures. 

The Financial Accounting Foundation has released an updated print edition of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s FASB Accounting Standards Codification, the authoritative source of U.S. GAAP for public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations.

Becker Professional Education has announced its second annual Newton D. Becker Scholarship Program awarding more than $200,000 in financial assistance to CPA candidates.

Despite a wave of accounting scandals at Chinese companies, a 58 percent majority of capital markets executives at investment banks believe the number of U.S. IPOs from China-based businesses will increase in 2014, according to a new survey by the accounting and consulting firm BDO USA LLP.

More than 150 CPAs across Georgia are preparing to meet on January 30 for the 2014 CPA Day at the Gold Dome.

O'Connor Davies and Mersel, Klein & Co. have agreed to merge. The combined firm is operating under the O'Connor Davies name.

The American Institute of CPAs has issued additional guidance for CPAs who offer personal financial planning services, issuing practice standards that apply the AICPA's code of professional conduct to the PFP arena.