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AICPA Spring Council: Report from the Hill
This year’s congressional visits led the agenda on the first full day of AICPA Spring Council with CPAs from all around the country visiting the offices of their congressional representatives and senators armed with two great new tools from the AICPA.

Business vs. Personal: How to Selectively Share on Facebook

05/21/2012 - 10:38 - 401 reads

If you have a Facebook account, you’ve probably faced the dilemma of whether to accept a friend request from a business associate.

IRS Issues an Apology to Dionne Warwick after a Tax Blunder in 2009

05/21/2012 - 10:12 - 374 reads

The IRS issued a written apology to Dionne Warwick and has cut more than $1.2 million of its original sum of back taxes that Warwick owes stemming from money she earned back in the 1990s.

Weighing In on Employee Benefit Plans

05/20/2012 - 16:53 - 662 reads

MetLife has released its "Tenth Annual Study of Employee Benefits Trends," the results of which confirm that despite uncertain and shifting times, the potential of benefits to help attract and retain talent and improve employee productivity are stronger than ever.

Company Announcements: Week of May 21, 2012

05/20/2012 - 12:40 - 626 reads

Following is the latest roundup of accounting community news for the week of May 21, 2012.

Ted Dickman Named BKD's Next CEO

05/18/2012 - 14:24 - 543 reads

The CPA and advisory firm BKD, LLP, has tapped Regional Managing Partner Ted Dickman as its next CEO, effective Friday, June 1, 2012.

Farewell Peachtree Accounting, Hello Sage 50

05/18/2012 - 11:10 - 1023 reads

After thirty-five years, the venerable software program known as Peachtree Accounting is adopting a new moniker - Sage 50 Accounting.

Nine Alabama Family Members Indicted for Identity Theft and Tax Fraud

05/18/2012 - 10:09 - 518 reads

Barbara Murry, Douglas Murry, Douglas Murry III, Yolanda Moses, Lee Moses, Veronica Temple, Jeffrey Temple, Almetta Johnson, and Courtney Johnson were charged in an indictment by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama on a variety of counts stemming from an identity theft and tax fraud scheme.

Money-Saving Web Portals = Secure and Efficient Document Exchange

05/18/2012 - 10:00 - 439 reads

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If your clients are unfamiliar with web portals, you can explain how web portals save everyone time and make the exchange of files easier. For end clients, using a web portal means they never need to be concerned about an e-mail server being bogged down or rejecting the exchange of large QuickBooks files.

BSA Study Finds Over Half of Computer Users Admit to Pirating Software

05/17/2012 - 13:20 - 1086 reads

According to the Business Software Alliance's (BSA) ninth annual study - 2011 BSA Global Software Piracy Study - the value of software theft is at an astounding all-time high ‒ $63.4 billion in 2011, up from $58.8 billion in 2010.

AICPA Spring Council: Celebrating 125 Years of Service

05/17/2012 - 11:03 - 889 reads

In his opening remarks to AICPA Spring Council Wednesday, AICPA President and CEO Barry Melancon was nostalgic, waxing poetic about the profession’s humble beginnings and major milestones in the AICPA’s 125 year history, which is being celebrated this week in Washington, DC.

New GASB User Guide Helps Taxpayers Understand School District Finances

05/16/2012 - 14:50 - 506 reads

How can taxpayers follow how their money is being spent on public education? What is the difference between a school district's budget and its financial statements? Answers to these questions, and many others, can be found in GASB's new user guide, What You Should Know about Your School District's Finances.

Tax Return Preparer Headed to Jail for Close to Eight Years

05/16/2012 - 13:51 - 777 reads

Margaret Kirksey, a resident of Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced May 8 in the Middle District of Alabama to eighty-one months in federal prison for filing false tax returns using stolen identities, the Justice Department and the IRS announced.

AICPA Applauds Passage of Mobile Workforce Bill by the House

05/16/2012 - 10:00 - 1024 reads

The Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2011 would establish a uniform requirement that nonresidents would have to work in a state for more than thirty days before becoming subject to out-of-state income taxes.

AICPA Survey: 17 Percent of Young Adults Check Bank Accounts Daily

05/15/2012 - 15:50 - 1236 reads

There's little doubt most young adults are obsessed with their digital devices and the latest technology that helps them use those devices. In fact, three times as many young adults check their social media accounts daily as check their bank accounts, according to the results of a national telephone survey conducted for the AICPA.

AICPA's Online Calculator Estimates Yearly Taxes Paid to All Sources

05/15/2012 - 13:35 - 802 reads

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has launched the Total Tax Insights calculator, a comprehensive calculator that was developed as a tool to enable taxpayers to estimate the amount they pay each year for the most common federal, state, and local taxes.

Job Hunting? Ten Tips for Nailing Skype Job Interviews

05/15/2012 - 09:21 - 1012 reads

Skype is a software program that allows two people to speak and see one another via the Internet. Many employers are choosing Skype to conduct job interviews, especially when candidates don't live in their area.

10 Tips for Hiring College Graduates

05/15/2012 - 00:52 - 838 reads

Are you planning on hiring this spring? There are a lot of great reasons to add a new college graduate to your workplace mix. Job search engine company, Simply Hired, has compiled a list of best practices and strategies for targeting this unique group of candidates.

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Results of a new survey show that most employees (61%) who receive a satisfactory benefits package from their employers are likely to have a strong sense of loyalty to those employers. Does that mean that providing good benefits is a good way to ensure employee loyalty (certainly a concern in an iffy job market), or is there a deeper meaning?
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