IRS Warns Tax Pros about New Phishing Scheme

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AUGUST 11, 2016) BY MICHAEL COHN The Internal Revenue Service is sounding the alarm about a new scheme in which scammers send emails purporting to come from tax software companies, instead fooling tax preparers into clicking on a link that will load malware on their computers. The email urges recipients to click on […]

5 Phrases Established Leaders Should Never Say Again – Journal of Accountancy

Try these alternative approaches to better communicate with your best young talent. By Jennifer Wilson August 1, 2016 Today’s up-and-coming leaders have many career options, and their phones, emails, and LinkedIn accounts are being “hit up” every day by recruiters and others who are interested in potentially employing them. That’s why established leaders committed to […]

Accounting Today: Treasury Proposes to End Strategy for Estate and Gift Taxes

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AUGUST 3, 2016) BY MICHAEL COHN The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have issued proposed regulations that would eliminate a tax-planning strategy for minimizing estate and gift taxes. The proposed regulations concern the valuation of interests in corporations and partnerships for estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax purposes. They involve the […]

117 No-Brainer Ways to Attract New Clients

FREE: 117 No-Brainer Ways to Attract New Clients After seeing this, 9 in 10 accountants put at least one of these strategies to work in their practice. FREE INSTANT DOWNLOAD: 117 No-Brainer Ways to Attract New Clients (PDF, 28 pages) by Rick Telberg I call these “no-brainers” because, although they require some thought and effort, […]

Accounting Today: Is This the ‘End of Accounting’? Maybe So

The standard GAAP accounting measures are less and less useful to investors, according to a new book with the provocative title, “The End of Accounting.” by Michael Cohn The book, by New York University accounting and finance professor Baruch Lev and SUNY Buffalo accounting professor Feng Gu, is entertainingly written and makes some powerful arguments, backed […]

Sal Collemi, Collemi Consulting & Tony Grass, President e-Market Intelligence – June 14, 2016 – SEO: Maximize Your Return On Online Investment Dollars

Are you achieving an adequate return on your online investment dollars? Do you know what an appropriate return should be? Learn why the fight for website traffic is no longer an effective strategy and how leading companies are increasing their online relevance to generate qualified customer leads. Learn More…

Candice Meth – Chairperson of the Year

Candice was awarded Chairperson of the year by the NYSSCPA for her work on the Not-for-Profit Organizations Committee.

Sal Collemi – New York State Society of CPAs

Sal Collemi was inducted into the Board of Directors of the New York State Society of CPAs at the annual meeting May 19, 2016.

Stanley Goldstein – Chairman/Founder of SILC will be Chairing SILC Summit

The SILC Summit is specifically designed for Accountants, Attorneys, Sustainability and Investment professionals but is open to and applicable to virtually anyone in the industry who has an interest in bolstering the drivers that find, recruit and retain the best employees, that create best practices and that measure company risk and opportunities in a way […]

Salvatore A. Collemi – Big 4 Firms Network: Making The Best Of The Times

Charles Dickens once famously wrote: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” as part of the opening to his famous novel, A Tale of Two Cities. That quote applies today when you consider how the shockwaves from The Great Recession have buffeted the financial landscape for almost a decade at […]