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Tax prep firm Gilman Ciocia has been acquired by the investment banking and asset management firm National Holdings.
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Electronic signatures became effective in the United States on October 1, 2000 when Congress passed the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
June 23 -
The Swiss parliament rejected a bill designed to resolve a dispute over undeclared bank accounts held by U.S. citizens, potentially setting the stage for American prosecution of the countrys banks
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A new study jointly conducted by the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the bill currently under debate in the Senate would save nearly $1 trillion over the next two decades, largely because more than 10 million additional people would be paying taxes.
June 21 -
Richard Simitian has been elected as the new chairman of the California Society of CPAs for 2013-14.
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New products, channel exec hires, VAR program additions, and insights from our top consulting experts. Who keeps track of it all? That would be me and here's my take on it for this week.
June 21 -
The newly inaugurated chairman of the California Society of CPAs hopes to strengthen the relationship between CalCPA and California accounting firms.
June 21 -
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett has signed into law a measure that will allow more practical, broad-based professional experience to fulfill the requirements for getting a CPA license.
June 21 -
The average salary and total compensation for management accountants reached their highest levels last year, the Institute of Management Accountants reported, after accounting salaries saw a decline in 2011 for the first time in 23 years.
June 21 -
SAP has signed the first financial services-focused reseller to its Master VAR Program with the inclusion of Sita Corp., which primarily represents SAP products for the financial services and banking industry.
June 21 -
Emily Burns Perryman of Freed Maxick CPAs talks with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood about the worst mistakes young accounting professionals make with the clothes they wear to work at their firms and why playing it conservative is a safe bet while also showing off their personality.
June 21
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Staffing is among the top management issues facing CPA firms, according to a recent survey by Sageworks, a financial information company. Thats not surprising, considering many firms are experiencing a staffing crisis as they lose significant percentages of top staff.
June 21 -
A group of lawmakers from the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee have written a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urging the Internal Revenue Service to back off of a proposed rule change modifying the retail inventory method of accounting, which retailers fear could cost them millions of dollars a year.
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The Institute of Cost Accountants of India has opened an office in Washington, D.C., its ninth overseas center.
June 20 -
A married pair of New Jersey tax preparers have been charged with tax fraud, with the wife arrested at her home, while the husband remains at large.
June 20 -
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued for public comment a proposed concepts statement that would guide GASB when establishing standards regarding the measurement of assets and liabilities for U.S. state and local governments.
June 20 -
The International Accounting Standards Board has issued a revised exposure draft containing proposals for changing the accounting for insurance contracts.
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VAR veteran Terry Petrzelka, now a valued advisor and consultant to vendors and resellers discusses the top concerns for accounting technology consultants in this monthly Q&A series
June 20
