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Lindsay Lohan: Home on the Auction Block

Another round of bad news for the "Mean Girls" star Lindsay Lohan (age twenty-six) and her mom, Dina (age fifty). In early February they were greeted by an envelope tacked on the gate of their Merrick, New York, mansion.
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Judge Rules KPMG Gender Discrimination Suit Can Proceed

A class-action gender discrimination lawsuit filed by five former KPMG LLP female professional employees against the Big Four accounting firm may go forward, a US district court judge in New York ruled February 7.
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Calogero & Associates Combines with Dermody, Burke & Brown

Calogero & Associates, a Utica, New York, accounting and consulting firm, has combined its practice with that of the accounting firm of Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC, based in Syracuse, New York.
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IRS Intensifies National Crackdown on Identity Theft

Continuing a year-long enforcement push against refund fraud and identity theft, the IRS announced the results of a massive national sweep targeting identity theft suspects in thirty-two states and Puerto Rico, involving 215 cities.
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Education & Careers

Perfect Pitch: Competition to Spur Student Entrepreneurs

A diverse set of young entrepreneurs from colleges and universities across the United States will be competing in the Eleventh Annual SmartPitch Challenge, hosted by Baruch College and IBM.
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University of Texas Wins Deloitte Tax Competition

A team of five University of Texas at Austin accounting students maintained Longhorn pride when they won a national intercollegiate competition by solving a complex tax problem.
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Plaxico Burress Needs Professional Help

NFL wide receiver Plaxico Burress needs a good financial advisor . . . or a team of them. He seems to be his own worst enemy, with a long track record of self-inflicted wounds – financial, physical, and behavioral – followed by a career-crashing stint in prison.
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Crime Watch: January 24, 2013

A tax return preparer in Florida allegedly falsified tax returns that cost the US Treasury more than $17 million. After examining over 250 tax returns, the IRS found that over 90 percent understated the taxpayer's liability.
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AICIPA Asks Congress to Amend Hurricane Sandy Tax Relief Act

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) is asking Congress to amend its Hurricane Sandy tax relief legislation by extending the replacement period for which taxpayers can claim a property loss.
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Patricia Cornwell Sues Accountant for Financial Mismanagement

A high-profile court case in Boston, now in its second week, raises questions about where accountants and financial advisors fiduciary responsibilities for clients end.
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Rochester CPAs Raising Funds to Build Habitat Home

Most people kicked off the New Year vowing to get fit or eat healthy. But members of the Rochester NYSSCPA started off the year with a much more altruistic goal – to raise $75,000 for a Flower City Habitat for Humanity home.
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Beyond Borders – Ernst & Young Assists Global Entrepreneurs

When Angela Gomez had the chance to push her passion for entrepreneurship and her professional skill set to the max by volunteering to assist global entrepreneurs, she jumped at the chance.
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ParenteBeard Combines with Presscott Associates

ParenteBeard LLC, a top twenty-five, US accounting firm, and Presscott Associates, Ltd., a prominent health care management consulting firm, announced they have combined practices as of December 31, 2012.
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Tinari Economics Group and Sobel & Co. Team Up

Sobel & Co., a CPA firm in the New Jersey/New York marketplace, and Tinari Economics Group (TEG), with offices in New Jersey and New York, announced TEG has joined Sobel & Co. as a wholly owned subsidiary.
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Two Accounting Firms Announce Merger

Effective January 1, 2013, the long-standing firm of Jay R. Horowitz CPA P.C. has merged its practice into the firm of Miller & Company, LLP in Manhattan, New York.
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Wealth Management Firm Meets Needs of LGBT Clients

Christopher Street Financial, a New York-based wealth management firm, was founded in 1981 when Bob Casaletto, a gay man who worked at Merrill Lynch, realized that the financial needs of people in his community weren't being met.
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Stephen Baldwin: Arrested for Tax Evasion

Just days ago, New York State tax authorities arrested actor Stephen Baldwin on felony tax evasion charges. Baldwin owes an estimated $350,000 in taxes and penalties, according to Rockland County DA Thomas Zugibe.
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Goodbye Norma Jean, Hello Estate Issues

It's been over half a century since Marilyn Monroe passed away at age thirty-six, but her estate is still involved in tax-related litigation.
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MLB Free Agents Scramble to Minimize Tax Hit

With the election behind us and a strong probability of more tax hikes ahead, Major League Baseball free agents have rushed to the negotiating table in the hope of pulling as much of their future income as possible into 2012.
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Crime Watch

Today's tax crime news includes a case against a Virginia tax fraud promoter whose customers allegedly filed more than $67 million in false refund claims, and a New York tax preparer charged in a scheme involving $7 million in fraudulent deductions.
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