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Tips on how to make working at home pay, from the Illinois CPA Society
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Tax Strategy Scan: Earn with Owing Tax
 
Our weekly roundup of tax-related investment strategies and news your clients may be thinking about.
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People News - July 15, 2016
 
A roundup of recent hires, promotions, awards and other personnel news from firms across the country.
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Firm News - July 15, 2016
 
A roundup of recent expansions, additions, new services and other news from firms across the country.
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Tax Fraud Blotter: Cash in the Bathroom
by JEFF STIMPSON
 
A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.
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Art of Accounting: Shirts for Staff
 
Art of Accounting: Shirts for Staff
by EDWARD MENDLOWITZ
 
I like to wear shirts with my firm’s logo. We have an arrangement with Land’s End where we can order what we want from their catalog and have the Withum logo applied. It is a very easy process.
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Is This the ‘End of Accounting’? Maybe So
by MICHAEL COHN
 
The standard GAAP accounting measures are less and less useful to investors, according to a new book with the provocative title, “The End of Accounting.”
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U.S. Corporate Tax Directors Have a Hard Time Adjusting to BEPS
by MICHAEL COHN
 
Tax executives at U.S.-based multinational companies are having a hard time adjusting to the new rules demanded by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting plan, also known as OECD BEPS, according to a new survey.
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In the Blogs: At Your Service
by JEFF STIMPSON
 
Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.
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Rand Group Hires Leader for Dynamics AX Practice
by RANICA ARROWSMITH
 
Microsoft reseller Rand Group has hired a new executive to lead its Dynamics AX practice.
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AICPA and NAF's Academy of Finance announce launch of 'Recognition Program' to draw young talent to profession
by SEAN MCCABE
 
Today at NAF Next 2016 - NAF’s annual professional development conference - the AICPA and NAF announced the launch of a new high school prep program aimed at increasing and diversifying the pipeline of students entering the accounting profession. Dubbed the AICPA/NAF Recognition Program, the initiative will launch nationwide this Fall in 209 Academies of Finance in 117 school districts across 32 states and the U...
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LSU wins Deloitte Foundation's 21st annual National Student Case Study Seminar
by SEAN MCCABE
 
Deloitte announced on Monday that a team of undergrad and graduate accounting students representing Louisiana State University (LSU) placed first in the Deloitte Foundation's 21st annual National Student Case Study Seminar. The Deloitte Foundation awarded each of the five winning LSU team members a $2,000 scholarship and a $10,000 award towards LSU's accounting program.
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Institute of Internal Auditors Kicks Off Conference
by MICHAEL COHN
 
The Institute of Internal Auditors opened its international conference Monday in New York with a pair of reports on the internal audit function and audit committee oversight.
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Gilead Seen Cutting Taxes by $10 Billion as Pricey Drug Took Off
by DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI
 
Gilead Sciences Inc.’s profit margin has soared and its tax rate has plummeted since the drugmaker introduced its controversial $1,000-a-day medication for hepatitis C, according to a report by an advocacy group that accuses the company of using accounting gimmicks to stash billions in earnings in tax havens offshore.
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IRS Offers Safe Harbors for Acquisition of Corporate Control
by MICHAEL COHN
 
The Internal Revenue Service has released a revenue procedure providing two safe harbors for corporate acquisitions.
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AICPA Will Finance Assurance Research
by MICHAEL COHN
 
The American Institute of CPAs is planning to fund academic research on audit and assurance services.
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10 Tips on Amending a Tax Return
 
The IRS shares some advice on fixing a return
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CPAs and Tax Pros Gone Wrong
 
Some of our favorite examples of professionals breaking bad
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