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Coaching and consulting firm PartnersCoach has introduced a Partner-Pipeline program that provides a developmental approach to building future leaders within accounting firms.

A pair of lawmakers plan to introduce bipartisan legislation in the House that would provide permanent tax incentives to family farmers, ranchers and other land owners who choose not to develop their land and instead preserve their property for conservation.

A pair of congressional subcommittee chairmen are asking the head of the Internal Revenue Service about a recent report that the agency accidentally posted thousands of Social Security numbers on the Internet.

Several recent studies suggest that women are better qualified than men to oversee corporate finances, although the results at the board level are unclear.

Sage North America has formed The Competitive Edge for Accounting Professionals: Value Beyond Tax and Compliance Services, a new CPE program for accounting professionals in conjunction with the Business Learning Institute.

The Association for Accounting Marketing announced its 2013-14 leadership team, including elected president Katie Tolin, director of practice growth at Ohio CPA firm Rea & Associates.

Payroll giant ADP has introduced myAline, online and mobile financial management technology to give employees visibility, information and access to help them better manage their money and make more informed spending decisions.

Prager Metis CPAs LLC has merged with the Springfield, N.J. –based Goldfinger Block Glickenhaus Dinar LLP. The deal closed on July 1, 2013.

Schoenfeld Mendelsohn Goldfarb LLP has merged into Janover LLC. The deal is expected to close on August 1.

With the recent announcement by Detroit’s state-appointed emergency manager of his intention to file for bankruptcy on behalf of the beleaguered Motor City, government pension accounting rules are being questioned.