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KPMG’s Denver office received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Commercial Interior certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for meeting LEED-CI performance standards.

Jackie Oneto, the first female managing partner at Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman, sat down with Accounting Today to discuss the main hurdle hindering women in attaining leadership roles in the profession, and how to block out the background noise of people who say that they can’t conquer their goals.

Acumatica has appointed Sean Chatterjee to the newly created position of vice president, partner sales, which adds to much of his previous duties as director of international sales.

Much attention has been focused on the postponement of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate—the requirement that businesses with 50 or more employees provide them with health insurance or face significant fines, which the Obama Administration delayed for one year.

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service will offer customers free help enrolling in new insurance options under the Affordable Care Act.

KPMG LLP and its chairman and CEO John Veihmeyer were recognized for their corporate responsibility leadership by Corporate Responsibility Magazine. The magazine tapped Veihmeyer as one of its “Responsible CEO of the Year” award recipients.

Sax Macy Fromm & Co., PC of Clifton, N.J., and Bollam, Sheedy, Torani, & Co. LLP headquartered in Albany, N.Y., have agreed to merge.

Thomson Reuters has released PPC’s SMART Practice Aids – Audit Essential on its Thomson Reuters Checkpoint online research service.

Ziptr, the secure communications service predominantly targeting legal and accounting professionals, appears to be closing its doors as a notice was sent out to all users alerting them to the service’s discontinuation.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that foreign private issuers who prepare their financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards do not have to submit interactive data files until the SEC decides on a suitable XBRL taxonomy.