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What Top Accounting Firms Hire for in 2026: 5 Key Skills Defining the Next Generation of CPAs
As teams become more complex and technology-driven, project management is emerging as a critical skill beyond CPA training alone.
January 21, 2013
Nominations sought for family business awards in Wisconsin
Nominations are being accepted until April 13, 2013, for the annual Wisconsin Family Business of the Year awards.
January 21, 2013
Gas Taxes Pay for Only a Fraction of Road Spending
Despite being dedicated to fund transportation projects, revenue from gas taxes and tolls pays for only about a third of state and local spending on roads, according to a new analysis (http://taxfoundation.org/article/gasoline-taxes-and-tolls-pay-only-third-state-local-road-spending) by the Tax Foundation. Wyoming and Alaska come last in transportation funding derived from gas taxes and tolls, while Delaware and Florida rank…
January 21, 2013
Virginia retailers weigh in on plan to raise sales tax
Retailers usually bristle at any suggestion to raise the sales taxes.
January 21, 2013
Sen. Rand Paul calls for legal hemp, repealing inheritance tax
Legalizing industrial hemp in Kentucky, passing a federal farm bill and helping young farmers establish themselves were among subjects U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and others discussed during a discussion at the Kentucky Commodities Conference.
January 20, 2013
Former Colorado nonprofit exec pleads guilty to theft
A former nonprofit director accused of stealing more than $73,000 from a charity pleaded guilty to theft Monday in Fremont County, Colorado, District Court.
January 20, 2013
Forensic audit of Florida county’s school budget raises questions
In the wake of the multimillion budget deficit that escaped the attention of Florida's Manatee County school district leadership for months, the community quickly focused on the backgrounds of the district's primary leaders.
January 20, 2013
Appeals court rules Wisconsin collective bargaining law is constitutional
A federal appeals court on Friday reversed a decision by a local federal judge and upheld a state law that sharply curtails the collective bargaining rights of public workers in Wisconsin.
January 20, 2013
City sues CPAs over audit; Comptroller admitted $54M theft
A city's former comptroller is heading to prison and the accounting firm that performed municipal audits is being sued for not noticing the theft of $54 million over a decade.
January 18, 2013
Professionals on the Move – January 18, 2013
A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
January 18, 2013
Bay Area adds more than 91,000 jobs in 2012, best increase in a decade
The Bay Area economy in 2012 powered to its strongest job performance since the dot-com boom, a clear indication that the region has banished the most recent recession, state labor officials reported Friday. For all of 2012, the Bay Area added 91,400 jobs, according to seasonally adjusted figures released Friday by the state’s Employment Development...…
January 18, 2013
Social Security payouts are going digital on March 1
Ready or not, millions of U.S. seniors are being pushed into the age of digital banking. Starting March 1, in a cost-cutting move by the U.S. Treasury, most Social Security checks will no longer arrive by mail.
January 18, 2013
Florida diner owner accused of not filing sales tax returns since 2009
The owner of Celebrity Diner in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, was arrested Wednesday, after police said she failed to file consecutive tax returns dating back to 2009.