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I recently had the interesting task of facilitating a group discussion on the topic of mentoring programs among representatives of CPA firms throughout the U.S. The participants were members of the Human Resources Practice Group of BKR International, an association that has more than 150 independent accounting and business advisory firms worldwide.
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Former Jenkens & Gilchrist lawyer Donna Guerin was sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to pay $190 million for her role in what the U.S. called the largest criminal tax fraud in history.
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International Federation of Accountants CEO Ian Ball has stepped down after 10 years, but will continue in a volunteer capacity as principal advisor, while continuing as a member of the board and chair of the working group of the International Integrated Reporting Council.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has reappointed Public Company Accounting Oversight Board members Steven B. Harris and Jay D. Hanson for five-year terms.
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Greg Barber has joined Schenck SC as president.
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Johnstone, Graydon & Thompson CPAs PA of Greenville, S.C., and Scott and Co. LLC of Columbia, have announced their plans to merge.
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The Internal Revenue Service said Monday that its systems are operational for all remaining individual and business tax returns.
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Ernst & Young LLP has agreed to pay $123 million to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation while admitting wrongful conduct by certain E&Y partners and employees.
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The American Institute of CPAs and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy have extended their multi-year agreement with Prometric for delivering the computer-based Uniform CPA Examination across its network through 2019.
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President Obama said that he hoped to work with members of both parties in Congress to stop the damaging impact of the $85 billion in automatic spending cuts that officially began on Friday.
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Microsoft Dynamics and Intacct partner Brittenford Systems is sponsoring a national survey regarding accounting and financial practices and systems of software companies designed to shed light on best practices, trends and opportunities.
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The Monitoring Board of international regulators overseeing the IFRS Foundation has chosen Japanese regulator Masamichi Kono as its chairman, while also choosing a new way to assess the membership criteria.
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The Internal Revenue Service today announced that interest rates will stay the same for the quarter beginning Apr. 1, 2013.
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We're on a brief hiatus from writing new columns, and while we're away, we'll be reprinting a few columns, starting with this one that dates back to October 2000 but still makes relevant points for today about accounting educators and their frustration with preparing students to enter a profession that hasn't kept up with the times.
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Susan Tulis has merged her Alamo, Calif.-based CPA practice into Sweeney Kovar LLP.
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The Internal Revenue Service has postponed until Oct. 15, 2013, the deadline to make an election to deduct losses for the preceding taxable year from Hurricane Sandy.
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Muddy Waters LLC, whose analyst reports triggered $7 billion in losses for Chinese stocks, used an unlikely secret weapon for its research: the public website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Kevin Reagan has joined the San Jose, Calif. office of Grant Thornton LLP as an audit partner.
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Our first annual scorecard for new SEC audit clients
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