The Latest

  • The Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of CPAs has named Debbie Mitchell and Kristen Costa of Braver PC as “Women to Watch.”

    September 2
  • The government is about to start offering a Cash for Clunkers type of program for old inefficient appliances this fall, so why not cash for clunker tax returns and financial statements?

    September 1
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission is distributing more than $35 million to over 98,000 investors who were harmed by accounting fraud at Cardinal Health.

    September 1
  • The Financial Planning Association is urging SEC Chair Mary Schapiro to clarify and restrict the scope of authority of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority related to financial planning services.

    September 1
  • September is College Savings Month and a bill in front of Congress would give financial advisors more flexibility to help their clients who invest in college savings plans, known as 529 plans.

    September 1
  • M&A

    Accounting firm J.H. Cohn LLP has merged in Charles Brucia & Co., expanding its entertainment-related client base.

    September 1
  • The strange case of the former IRS employee who insisted on carrying a ceremonial dagger to the office, until she was fired, has been partially resolved after a judge dismissed most of her legal claims, although she is still allowed to sue Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

    September 1
  • July's Leadership Academy, a three-day event focusing on developing young professionals, may have come and gone, but it's not too late to read about participants' experiences on Accounting Tomorrow. Three CPAs under the age of 35 who attended the event put on by the American Institute of CPAs offered up what they learned and were inspired by. Craig Steinhoff, for instance, a CPA at Hill, Barth & King in Boardman, Ohio, wrote that he was floored when, participating in a peer consulting exercise, he realized he "had been attempting to change others around him, rather than working to change himself."

    September 1
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