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July 26, 2017 

Retreats Build Teams, But Only 20% of Companies Use Them

Corporate retreats – offsite events where employees, commonly executives, meet to discuss the business – offer organizations numerous benefits, with increased teamwork and employee morale chief among them, according to CFOs whose companies engage in them.

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July 26, 2017 

Social Responsibility – The Great Millennial Shift

Millennials are looking to make a difference in this world, not just with their work but with their dollars. Whether that be the brand of dish soap they purchase, or the political candidates they support. They want change and they support those brands ...

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July 26, 2017 

CPA Practice Advisor July 2017: The Nonprofit Accounting Issue

Have you checked out what's new in the latest issue of CPA Practice Advisor? The July 2017 issue is focused on accounting for nonprofits, how these organizations can better manage vital processes, and how accounting firms can help nonprofit clients ...

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July 26, 2017 

Haskell & White Earns Award as Best Place to Work

The awards program identifies, recognizes and honors Orange County’s best places of employment based on the benefit they bring to the county’s economy, workforce and businesses as determined by the Best Companies Group and the Orange County Business ...

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July 25, 2017 

Intacct Acquired by Sage

The Sage Group plc (“Sage”), has announced that it has agreed to acquire Intacct Corporation (“Intacct”), a leading provider of cloud Financial Management Solutions in North America. The total consideration is $850m (£654m) to be paid in cash and ...

 3 Economic Indicators to Watch in 2017

July 25, 2017 

3 Economic Indicators to Watch in 2017

It hasn’t been all bad news on the economic front thus far in 2017. In the wake of what is turning out to be a volatile and unpredictable presidency, the stock market, which usually swings on every little tick of news – economic or not – has been quiet.

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July 25, 2017 

Tax Court Denies Deduction for Donation of 20,000 Household Items

Although your clients can claim valuable write-offs for gifts of property to charity, they should not get greedy. If a taxpayer doesn’t have the proper records to back up the claims, most or all of the deduction may be denied. Take the couple from West Virginia in a new case. They claimed to have donated...…

 Diversity. It’s (Past) Time To Step It Up

July 25, 2017 

Diversity. It’s (Past) Time To Step It Up

According to the latest American Institute of CPAs “Trends” report only seven percent of students enrolled in accounting programs are black/African American, another seven percent are Hispanic/Latino. Eleven percent are Asian/Pacific Islander.

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July 25, 2017 

How Women In Leadership Roles Can Change The Workplace

A study by the Peterson Institute for International Economics found that firms with women in the C-suite were more profitable. Meanwhile, the number of women-owned businesses grew 45 percent from 2007 to 2016 compared to just a 9 percent growth in the ...