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January 10, 2017
Nation Needs Tax Reform and IRS Reform, Says Taxpayer Advocate
In assessing the compliance burdens of the current tax code, the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) analyzed IRS data and determined that individuals and businesses spend about six billion hours a year complying with the code’s filing requirements ...
January 10, 2017
Scholarships Available for Accounting Students
The Foundation awards scholarships to undergraduates who are U.S. or Canadian citizens majoring in accounting at an accredited two- or four-year college or university in the United States. Since it was formed in 1969, the NSA Scholarship Foundation ...
January 10, 2017
Accounting Professor Receives Award for Research on Whistleblowing
The AICPA, CIMA and the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA), have honored Bryan R. Stikeleather, Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business, with the 2017 Greatest ...
January 10, 2017
New Accounting Credential for Entity and Intangible Valuations
The AICPA, the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) are offering a new credential that will enhance the quality, consistency and transparency of fair value measurement results in financial reporting.
January 10, 2017
Ryan Acquires Clients of Nickel & Co. for Property Tax Practice
The acquisition strengthens the market leadership position of Ryan’s Commercial Property Tax practice in Oklahoma and adds a team of seasoned property tax professionals to the largest property tax group in North America. The acquisition also adds a ...
January 10, 2017
Is Tax Avoidance Related to Business Risk?
How much tax should U.S. corporations pay? Even as a national legislative consensus seems to be growing that the current federal statutory rate of 35% is too high, a large swath of public opinion, particularly on the political left, contends that ...
January 10, 2017
CPA Firm Merger NDAs: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
The issue: In a merger where each firm signs an NDA, there’s a provision that precludes the buyer from soliciting the seller’s clients, with language similar to this:
January 9, 2017
New Rule to Require Disclosure of Audit Engagement Partners
A regulation to be implemented January 31 in the U.S. requiring accounting firms to identify the principal engagement partner in corporate audits should be a solid plus for investors and regulators, a new study suggests.
January 9, 2017
Report Helps Auditors Avoid Common Practice Pitfalls
This report comes on the heels of the release of the latest AICPA peer review findings, which were identified during peer reviews of firms that perform audit and attest engagements. The focus of peer reviews is to assess and improve audit quality and ...
January 9, 2017
CohnReznick Receives Award for Women in Leadership
CohnReznick, one of the leading accounting, tax, and advisory firms in the United States, was recently awarded the Winner’s Circle Award for Women In Leadership.
January 9, 2017
The Top 8 Business Travel Apps for 2017
There’s no dearth of travel apps available to help consumers book, manage and enjoy their trips. Yet business travelers have different needs: primarily, we have to be extremely organized so as to avoid missing connections and meetings, along with ...
January 9, 2017
4 Tips on the Hold of the Final Overtime Pay Rules
As a trusted advisor to your clients, you’ve probably gotten your share of questions about the new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime regulations or “Final Rule” and the latest court ruling blocking the Final Rule from taking effect.