Anchin, Block, & Anchin LLP and New York Construction Magazine, in cooperation with the New York Building Congress, will honor minority and women-owned business enterprises on April 21, 2010.

Leaner budget this year? This is the time of year when you normally tip certain people in your life that you might not tip the rest of the year. But do you know what is customary?

If you're feeling the grind of accumulating 40 hours of CPE by the end of the year, it's not too late to incorporate learning with some fun in the sun by 12/31.

The more money people make, in many cases, the more trouble they seem to have turning over what is owed to Uncle Sam.

Robert E. Denham is the recipient of the AICPA 2009 Medal of Honor. William F. Ezzell is the 2009 recipient of the Institute's Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Service.

A Chappaqua-N.Y. based CPA has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for pocketing more than $320,000 of his clients' tax refunds over 11 years, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York.Randal Kase, 56, stole at least 60 refunds between 1998 and 2009 by having the refund checks mailed to himself and then forging his clients' signatures. He stated, falsely, that his clients had signed the refund checks over to him.

The value of a reputation associated with a name was made evident recently when individuals claiming to be from an organization called Coopers & Lybrand tried to sell shares in worthless companies to investors.

The IRS has updated the rules for determining the amount of an employee's ordinary and necessary business expenses for lodging, meals, and incidental expenses while traveling away from home.

"We believe it is imperative the foundation find a permanent funding solution for the International Accounting Standard Board's activities," said AICPA President Barry Melancon.