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September 9, 2013 

One of Detroit's two pension funds handed out nearly $1 billion in bonus cash payments over two decades to retirees and active employees' retirement accounts instead of reinvesting the extra earnings for the future, according to a Free Press review of city records.

September 9, 2013 

The state of New Hampshire is suing Shell Oil Co. for allegedly taking money that it wasn't entitled to for oil spill cleanups and then suing its own insurance company for costs the state already had paid.

September 9, 2013 

KatzAbosch, a Maryland-based CPA, tax and consulting firm, recently announced the successful launch of its external newsletter.

September 9, 2013 

Accounting firms across the country are looking to the cloud to transform their client accounting services. They are looking to move from simply transactional bookkeeping services to higher value advisory services more in line with the CFO function.

Jim Boomer

September 8, 2013 

On the conference room shelf of a CPA’s office I visited recently, I noticed a Magic 8-Ball with the label “free tax answers.” When turned, the die floating in colored liquid inside the ball presses against the window to reveal an affirmative, negative, or non-committal answer such as “cannot predict now.”

Dustin Wheeler

September 6, 2013 

A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.

Taija Sparkman

September 6, 2013 

Broad-based employee stock ownership plans, if properly designed, are the best way to ramp up productivity, new research finds.

September 6, 2013 

Horses drive $3 billion in annual economic impact in Kentucky and create almost 41,000 jobs, according to the first in-depth study in decades of one of the state's signature industries.

September 6, 2013 

CCH, a part of Wolters Kluwer has released a new Tax Briefing: IRS Guidance on Same-Sex Marriage, offering guidance and analysis of the Internal Revenue Service’s announcement that all same-sex marriages nationwide will be recognized for federal tax purposes.

Taija Sparkman

September 6, 2013 

The American Institute of CPAs is urging Congress to provide the Internal Revenue Service with “sufficient” funds to perform its duties.

September 5, 2013 

Xero announces the upcoming launch of their complete US payroll feature at inaugural U.S. Xerocon.

Taija Sparkman

September 5, 2013 

Having closed 36 percent of all recent business loans made by the five major local credit unions, GTE Financial has reported seeing an uptick in small business lending.