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Tax Strategy Scan: Gray Divorce, and More
 
Our weekly roundup of tax-related investment strategies and news your clients may be thinking about.
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People News - July 22, 2016
 
A roundup of recent hires, promotions, awards and other personnel news from firms across the country.
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Art of Accounting: Avoid the Appearance of Assuming a Responsibility
 
Art of Accounting: Avoid the Appearance of Assuming a Responsibility
by EDWARD MENDLOWITZ
 
Accountants are really nice people who look for ways to help and better serve clients. Sometimes we present the appearance that we are doing something or are assuming a responsibility that we are not, and this should be avoided. Here are some illustrations:
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Recruiting and Retaining Talent
 
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Summer Tax Tips for Your Clients and Their Children
 
Summer Tax Tips for Your Clients and Their Children
by MICHAEL SONNENBLICK
 
There are some tax advantaged ways to help clients pay for expenses for their children this summer (text-only version).
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Generational Viewpoints
 
This edition of Generational Viewpoints features two individuals from HoganTaylor on how public accounting firms need to change to attract and retain young talent
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Practice Profile: The Millennial Riddle
by DANIEL HOOD
 
Tennessee’s LBMC is well on its way to solving this conundrum
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Tax Fraud Blotter: Tax Trouble Now
by JEFF STIMPSON
 
A roundup of some our favorite recent cases of tax fraud.
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Firm News - July 22, 2016
 
A roundup of recent expansions, additions, new services and other news from firms across the country.
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Recruiting New Employees for CPA Firm Succession Planning
by MICHAEL COHN
 
Accounting firms are looking to bring in younger employees to fill their ranks as older Baby Boomer partners start to retire, but they have to offer the right enticements if their succession planning is going to work.
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Finance Pros Feeling More Confident in Economy
by MICHAEL COHN
 
Finance professionals around the world felt more upbeat about the economy in the second quarter of the year, according to a survey by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants.
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IIA announces Global Board of Directors for 2016-2017
by SEAN MCCABE
 
The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) announced on Monday the election of Angela Witzany as chairman of the organization’s 2016-2017 Global Board of Directors. The election of Witzany, as well as the rest of the Global Board, was held at the IIA’s annual business meeting following the organization’s 75th International Conference in New York City.
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IMA Reaches 50,000 Mark for CMA Credential Holders
by MICHAEL COHN
 
The Institute of Management Accountants said Monday that it has reached a milestone of 50,000 holders of its Certified Management Accountant credential.
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Jersey Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty in Tax Scheme
 
An employee at a New Jersey tax prep business has pleaded guilty to helping prepare fraudulent tax returns using names and Social Security numbers stolen from two dozen people.
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New York State Warns Tax Preparers to Beware of Cybercriminals
by MICHAEL COHN
 
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance is warning tax preparers about the potential security risks they face from cybercriminals who are trying to access the data of their tax clients.
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IRS Spent $10.71 Million on Guns and Ammo
by MICHAEL COHN
 
The Internal Revenue Service spent $10.71 million on guns, ammunition and other military-style equipment from fiscal year 2006 to FY 2014, according to a new report.
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Summer Tax Tips for Your Clients and Their Children
 
Summer is well underway, and now is a great time to help your clients and their dependents with the tax tips in this slideshow written by Michael Sonnenblick of Thomson Reuters Checkpoint.
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Tax Savings from a Home Office
 
Tips on how to make working at home pay, from the Illinois CPA Society
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