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I’m writing this at 9 a.m. on April 14th and thinking, “It’s almost over.”

IMGCAP(1)]Luca Pacioli, an Italian mathematician and Franciscan friar, is widely known as the “Father of Accounting” for publishing 36 chapters on the double-entry accounting method used by Venetian merchants during the Italian Renaissance.

A California judge has frozen the assets of “Tax Lady” Roni Deutch after the state attorney general asked the court to hold her in contempt for shredding millions of documents and wrongfully diverting funds from clients of her tax law firm.

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Gaylen R. Hansen, a partner at Denver-based Top 100 Firm Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman, has been named vice chair of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy

The growing popularity of online deal sites like Groupon and LivingSocial could be encouraging many consumers to make impulse buys rather than save their money for more important financial priorities, according to the American Institute of CPAs.

The foundation of Beaumont, Texas-based Lamar University announced a new endowed scholarship for accounting majors.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to do a better job of collecting accurate tax return information from federal, state and local government entities, according to a new report.

Red Wing Software has released CenterPoint Payroll Software version 7, with enhancements across the entire program, from processes and setup to over 35 expanded reports.