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February 3, 2016 

CFOs Increasingly Value Soft Skills, Collaboration

The vast majority of the 533 global CFOs surveyed also cited collaboration with other parts of the organization as a key initiative in 2016, as finance increasingly sits at the “hub” of big data.

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February 3, 2016 

Investment Execs Expect Increased M&A Activity in 2016

Seventy-nine percent of Investment Management executives polled say they intend to initiate at least one acquisition in 2016, up from 63 percent in last year’s KPMG survey. Aside from expanding their customer base and geographic reach, other key M&A ...

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February 3, 2016 

Phone Scams Draw in Elderly Taxpayers

Adding to the confusion is that some of these calls are recorded and robot-generated, and others come from live callers. While many Americans are on to this scam, the elderly frequently find it unsettling, or even scary. Those who have no one to turn ...

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February 2, 2016 

IRS Warns Taxpayers About Phone Scams

The IRS has seen a surge of these phone scams as scam artists threaten police arrest, deportation, license revocation and other things. The IRS reminds taxpayers to guard against all sorts of con games that arise during any filing season.

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February 1, 2016 

AICPA Wants Changes to IRS Estate Tax Form and Instructions

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Department of the Treasury about IRS draft Form 8971, Information Regarding Beneficiaries Acquiring Property from a Decedent, and draft ...