January 24, 2014
Business management firm Kaufman + Bernstein, Inc. has merged with RBZ, LLP, one of the largest Los Angeles-based accounting and business management firms, adding 19 new members to RBZ’s business management practice.
January 21, 2014
The leaders of Ashland, Kentucky's two largest CPA firms have announced they will join forces this summer.
January 21, 2014
The American Institute of CPAs today recognized Steven Levey, CPA/PFS, CGMA, with the AICPA Special Recognition Award for 2014. The Institute presents the award to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to a particular area of the profession.
January 21, 2014
The second annual Newton D. Becker Scholarship Program is now accepting applications. The scholarship benefits college students who are pursuing the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) credential, and will award more than $200,000 in financial assistance including 20 full CPA Exam Review scholarships (all four parts of the exam), each valued at $3,360, and additional scholarships…
January 21, 2014
Ronald Storch of Berdon LLP in New York joins respected accountants from around the world on TIAG’s Advisory Board.
January 21, 2014
The owner of an accounting practice in Dowagiac, Michigan, who misrepresented himself as a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) was ordered to pay a hefty amount of restitution and serve the next year on probation.
January 20, 2014
Starting this year, the credit goes up to 50 percent for for-profit entities, and 35 percent for tax-exempt ones.
January 20, 2014
Accounting firms are repositories of personal information and have become targets for criminal hackers. They are like an auto accident waiting to happen.
January 20, 2014
Our accounting firm, like many others is fully networked. All of our desktop PCs, printers and desktop scanners as well as two full size printers/scanners/copiers are connected. We have a dedicated fax line, a fax to email account, several automated email servers that are automated to send and receive emails from clients.
January 20, 2014
As an avid reader and educator on talent development within our profession, I have long been an advocate of mentoring in order to develop future talent in our firms. The ideal is for firms to develop a program that pairs current leaders with future leaders to transfer knowledge and wisdom from one person to another.
January 17, 2014
With one-man firms comprising roughly 40% of the accounting services industry, according to IBISWorld, and around one-third of all CPAs admitting to a bit of moonlighting in a 2008 Bay Street Group survey, it’s clear that a large segment of the industry has more than just its clients’ small business needs to deal with.
January 16, 2014
U.S. Supreme Court Arguments Held Yesterday; Businesses Have Until April 15, 2014, to Reserve the Right for a Refund of FICA Taxes Remitted on Severance Pay in 2010