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Deloitte Financial Advisory Services has admitted new partners, directors and a principal.

The Internal Revenue Service has released guidance to employers paying wages to nonresident alien employees for services performed within the U.S.

President Barack Obama said Thursday he plans to hold a forum in December at the White House on jobs and economic growth.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has beefed up the disclosure requirements for some types of fair value measurements.

Joseph “Jody” R. Allred, a CPA and partner with accounting firm Weaver, has earned a Certified Information Systems Auditor designation from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association.

Konowitz, Kahn & Company, P.C., has expanded its tax specialty with the addition of a new director, Magda B. Szabo.

Public accounting and advisory firm Vrakas/Blum, S.C., recently added Katherine K. Minckler, CPA, to its professional staff.

I spent a good portion of the week in Atlanta covering Sage Summit, Sage’s customer conference. And execs there just loved the story of college student Andrew Yellis – and when you read what happened, you’ll know why.

The search for the South’s Funniest Accountant has ended and Gilbert Lawand, a former Ernst & Young manager and self-employed CPA, has taken home the title.

Although I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth, and I would have to get very lucky very soon to be concerned with the estate tax rate, it has always seemed an unfair proposition to tax a person or business when it is most vulnerable.