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April 23, 2015 

Report Looks At Effects of Audit Quality on the CPA Brand

The Illinois CPA Society has published a digital feature exploring the issue of audit quality, its impact on the CPA brand and profession in both the public and private sectors, and potential solutions to this high-profile problem.

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April 15, 2015 

Focus on Risk Management Helps Companies Achieve Better Growth

While 73 percent of executives feel outside risks are on the rise, companies are generally not meeting these increased risks with improved risk management. Only 12 percent of responding companies demonstrated qualities that marked them as true risk ...

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April 1, 2015 

XCM Selects Accounting Tech Veteran Mike Sabbatis as COO

Workflow management technology provider XCM Solutions, LLC has selected Mike Sabbatis as the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). This company said in a statement that the appointment reflects its plans to expand its operations as it prepares to ...

 How Self-Employed Businesses Can Take On IRS Audits

March 2, 2015 

How Self-Employed Businesses Can Take On IRS Audits

Running a small business subjects an owner to various twists and turns on a daily basis. Few events, however, will raise an entrepreneur’s blood pressure quicker than a U.S. Department of Treasury letter informing them the business has been selected ...

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February 25, 2015 

AICPA Comments on FASB Disclosure Requirements Exposure Draft

In a February 23 letter, FinREC Chairman Jim Dolinar and AICPA Investment Companies Expert Panel Chairman Brent Oswald expressed support for the FASB’s effort to provide consistency and transparency through alignment of disclosure and ...