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In the latter part of the year we begin conducting year-end planning meetings with clients. For the ones with children or grandchildren, invariably part of the meeting focuses on planning and saving for college and possibly graduate school expenses.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to do more to ensure taxpayers aren’t using virtual currencies like bitcoin to avoid taxes, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service didn’t do enough to mitigate risks in some of its information technology contracts, according to a new report.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a proposed accounting standards update for service concession arrangements, focused on determining the customer of the operation services.

One of the major differences between the firms that made this year’s Best Firms to Work For list and those that didn’t was transparency.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is refining the role of its Investor Advisory Committee to bring more of an investor perspective to the accounting standard-setting process.

NASBA chair Donny Burkett talks in this video about how he became aware of racial discrimination while growing up in the South.

NASBA chair Donny Burkett discusses in this video what CPAs can do to increase diversity in the accounting profession.

Rea & Associates has merged in Friel & Associates, a firm based in Chardon, Ohio, effective November 1.

Last week I wrote about certain fixed fee arrangements where I did extras I did not bill for. Here is a further explanation.

UHY Advisors and UHY LLP have acquired the professional services firm Pratesi, Salemi & Company LLC and the valuation firm Brentmore Valuation Advisors, in West Hartford, Connecticut.

The Rhode Island Society of CPAs (RISCPA) recently donated $11,361 dollars to the Community Prep School of Providence via funds raised at their annual RISCPA Annual Golf Tournament this past July, the Society announced on Monday.

The AICPA announced on Monday the most recent recipients of their Standing Ovation program, which recognizes 25 CPAs aged 40 and under for their contributions to forensic accounting and business valuation. The second class of young CPAs was recognized this morning at the AICPA 2016 Forensic & Valuation Services (FVS) Conference in Nashville.

Eide Bailly is expanding its presence in Las Vegas by adding the consulting firm JW Advisors and the CPA practice of Bryce Wisan.

Xero has added a new feature that helps manage and view contact activity.

Repetitive processes will soon be carried out automatically, giving an opportunity for highly qualified accountants to take a more strategic role in decision making.

Steve Ballmer is pretty bummed out about the election. A self-proclaimed "numbers guy," Ballmer said the truth is getting lost in the political rhetoric, and he wants to arm citizens with data to defend against lies by the campaigns. "Nobody seems to care about the facts," he said.

An emeritus professor of business administration in Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty to hiding $200 million in assets from the Internal Revenue Service by using offshore accounts at a bank that people familiar with the matter identified as Credit Suisse Group AG.

Competition to be a Best Firm to Work For is fierce, and requires constant effort and a never-ending stream of initiatives in a wide variety of areas – which means that you should grab at any opportunity to multi-task.

A roundup of recent hires, promotions, awards and other personnel news from firms across the country.