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<description><![CDATA[ AccountingWEB.com offers a wealth of news and features. With a wide range of resources including a peer-to-peer discussion forum, tools and software, white papers and job opportunities. AccountingWEB.com provides a comprehensive service for anyone involved in accounting and finance. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Overstock drops Web affiliates in fallout over NY sales tax law ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ On the heels of Amazon.com suing the State of New York over a new tax law aimed at online retailers, Overstock.com has cut its ties with New York affiliates, saying it will no longer do business with Web site owners in the state who get commissions for referring customers to its site.    ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Former accounting professor pleads guity to grand theft ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ A former assistant professor of accounting at the University of Tampa has pleaded guilty to stealing $120,000 from the American Spaniel Club. She was accused of writing 71 Spaniel Club checks to herself between July 2006 and March 2007 to feed an Internet gambling addiction.    ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ CPA financial executives evaluate fair value accounting ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ A majority of senior-level executive CPAs don't blame fair value accounting for causing the subprime crisis, but they don't view it as improving investors' understanding of aggressive lending practices, according to the second quarter 2008 Business and Industry Economic Outlook Survey of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School.    ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ PCAOB taking nominations for Standing Advisory Group ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is soliciting nominations for members of its Standing Advisory Group.        ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ NYSSCPA elects Sharon Fierstein as new president ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) installed Sharon Sabba Fierstein, CPA, of Woodbury, as president at its 111th Annual Election Meeting and Dinner held Thursday at the New York Hilton Hotel.    <BR>   ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Election Watch: Pressure mounts for McCain to release tax returns ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The McCain campaign's decision to withhold Cindy McCain's tax returns is drawing criticism from across the political spectrum. Editorials in both the Washington Post and Washington Times have echoed calls for the McCain campaign to release Cindy McCain's tax returns.       ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Direct deposit stimulus payments to IRAs may be withdrawn penalty-free ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ When this year's rebate/stimulus payments are deposited to an IRA or one of certain other tax-favored accounts, the IRS has ruled that the taxpayer may withdraw an amount less than or equal to the amount of the stimulus payment without having to pay interest or incurring a penalty.      ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Former accounting professor takes helm as president of Eastern Michigan University ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The EMU Board of Regents has voted unanimously to name Dr. Susan Martin as the next president of Eastern Michigan University.     ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ SEC to require mandatory XBRL filing in 2009 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Approximately 500 companies will be part of the first wave of companies required to submit their financial results electronically using XBRL, the eXtensible Business Reporting Language, if a staff recommendation set out by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at an open meeting on Wednesday, May 14th is implemented.       ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ It&#146;s for real: Microsoft offers software at 91 percent discount ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Listen up college students! Or the parents of college students! Or anyone who knows a college student! Microsoft's The Ultimate Steal promotion, which AccountingWEB reported on last month, has been extended through May 16, giving eligible students a few more days to snap up Office Ultimate 2007 software at an unbelievable 91 percent discount &#150; only $59.95 instead of the full retail cost of $679.<BR>    ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Thrift is focus of new national campaign ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ A diverse coalition of leaders are launching a national campaign -- with a groundbreaking report, three new books, and artifact exhibit -- today at a conference in Washington, D.C. entitled, "Confronting the Debt Culture."     ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ New tool available to edit Excel pivot tables ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Excel4U.Net Solutions is offering a way to eliminate one of the frustrations of using Microsoft Excel&#151;the inability to make changes directly in the data area of a pivot table.   ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Complex tax break on hybrids causes headaches for IRS ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Some taxpayers erroneously claimed an alternative motor vehicle credit on leased cars, tried to claim it for cars that did not qualify, or claimed more than the maximum $3,150, according to a new government report.  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Symposium addresses current state of businesses owned by women of color ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The dynamics of the intersection of race and gender were the focus of research findings released last week at the national symposium, Research to Roadmap: Accelerating the Growth of Businesses Owned by Women of Color convened by the Center for Women's Business Research.       ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ XBRL comes of age ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Ten years after its introduction, XBRL, eXtensible Business Reporting Language, is reaching maturity in terms of technology and acceptance according to speakers at the 17th XBRL International Conference held in Eindhoven, Netherlands on May 5-8, 2008.         ]]></description>
<link>http://www.accountingweb.com/item/105104/883/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ SEC attempts to educate taxpayers with investor tips ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that investors receiving their refund checks from the Internal Revenue Service will simultaneously be receiving information about a new SEC phone-based resource that can help them learn more about various investing topics and avoid investment scams.  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ FASB releases GAAP Hierarchy Statement 162 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued FASB Statement No. 162, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The new standard is intended to improve financial reporting by identifying a consistent framework, or hierarchy, for selecting accounting principles to be used in preparing financial statements that are presented in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for nongovernmental entities.  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ IRS releases final regs for comparable contributions for HSAs ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The Internal Revenue Service has issued its final regulations for employers complying with the comparable contribution requirements for Health Savings Accounts, also know as HSAs. The regulations concern employees that do not establish an HSA by the end of the year or an employee who has neglected to tell the employer that he or she has established an HSA.   ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Women of color in accounting feel lack of connection ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Women of color in accounting, including African-American, Asian and Latina women, feel less included in the work environment than whites, are less likely than whites to perceive accountability in their firms' diversity practices, and believe that work-life practices at their firms lack racial sensitivity, a study sponsored by Catalyst has found.     ]]></description>
<link>http://www.accountingweb.com/item/105127/883/0/0</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ TIGTA report: Few businesses claimed telephone tax refund ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Less than 6 percent of business taxpayers claimed the one-time-only telephone excise tax refund when they filed their 2006 tax returns.       ]]></description>
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