Consulting

Gocial Gerstein LLC has merged with Gold, Meltzer, Plasky and Wise to form Gold Gocial Gerstein LLC.

In these tough economic times, as in others, there are many news items on companies declaring bankruptcies and announcing substantial staff cuts. What is different this time is that I am also reading about a number of cost-cutting strategies that are gaining in popularity and aimed at reducing expenses without disrupting business operations or laying off staff.

Walter C. King Associates is offering tax recovery and forensic accounting services to investors who fell victim to Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

Graf Repetti & Co. has merged with Marx, Lange, Gutterman, effective Jan. 1, augmenting Graf Repetti's presence in New York.

Payroll processor SurePayroll is offering free payroll-processing services to accounting firms for up to one year.

Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co., has merged in Sullivan Shuman & Freedberg, allowing KLR to build its presence in the Greater Boston area.

Accounting firm Holtz Rubenstein Reminick plans to hold a town hall-style meeting for New York-based individuals or businesses that were defrauded by Bernard Madoff's investment scam.

Accounting firm Goldstein Lieberman has introduced a consulting team to help business clients cope with the recession.

Accounting firm Eisner LLP has formed a Tax Recovery Assistance Task Force to help investors who have suffered losses as a result of Bernard Madoff's fraudulent investment scheme.

Accounting firm Rives & Associates has merged in Allen & Woodall, another firm in North Carolina.

Accounting firm Plante & Moran has transplanted its Grand Rapids offices into a larger and “greener” space.

Accounting firm Citrin Cooperman has added a “Growth & Protection Team” to provide business consulting services to small and midsized businesses.

There are possible tax strategies that are particularly suited to the times that we are in. Here are two that I keep seeing, with the latest in a press release from a major tax publisher. According to analysts with the Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters, C corporations may secure a refund of overpaid estimated taxes, or use projected current-year NOL to offset taxes owed for the previous year.

CBIZ is acquiring Tofias in a deal estimated at $55 million as the accounting provider expands its reach across the Northeast to the New England area.

KPMG saw its member firms' combined revenues around the world grow by 14.5 percent to $22.69 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008.

Marcum & Kliegman has created a task force to advise investors who may have been defrauded by Bernard Madoff and his investment management business.

Worldwide revenue for the BDO International network, which includes U.S. member firm BDO Seidman, grew to $5.145 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, a 9 percent increase from last year.

It’s one thing to be a leader within your firm, however, it’s quite another to also be a leader within your community.

iPro One and American Business have teamed up to offer insurance products that wealth management advisors at CPA firms can market to their clients.

Accounting firm WithumSmith+Brown has introduced a new consulting service to help businesses deal with the troubled economy.