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COVID-19 Has Slowed Mergers, But Market is Still Active | Robert Fligel, The Trusted Professional

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By: Chris Gaetano Published Date: Jul 9, 2020 Robert Fligel, a consultant specializing in CPA firms who spoke at a recent NYSSCPA CPE event, said that while the global pandemic has slowed merger-and-acquisition activity among CPA firms, it has by no means stopped, and there remain many opportunities for owners looking to sell or merge […]

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NCCPAP Honors Two With Gold Award | Accounting Today

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The National Conference of CPA Practitioners announced that Karen Giunta and Sanford (Sandy) Zinman are the recipients of its 2019 Gold Awards. The lifetime achievement award recognizes CPAs with successful careers who are also “contributors, advocates, and selfless volunteers” to NCCPAP. Giunta has previously served as membership chair, treasurer, and president of the NCCPAP at […]

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Voices Art of Accounting: A day in Manhattan | Accounting Today

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  By Edward Mendlowitz November 04, 2019, 12:12 p.m. EST Last Wednesday I spent the day in Manhattan and some things occurred that I would like to share here. My primary reason was to attend a lunch meeting of the Accountants Club of America with a speaker I thought would be interesting. I also arranged to […]

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Memorializing Donation in honor of Stu Kessler and George Foundotos

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For those who wish to contribute in honor of two of our profession’s luminaries including roles as past Presidents of the Accountants Club and the New York State Society of CPAs, please see below: Stu Kessler Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation 383 Main Avenue, 5th Floor Norwalk CT 06851 Please have the gift acknowledge to: Isabel Kessler […]

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Accounting Profession Leader Stuart Kessler Has Died

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Stuart Kessler, CPA, PFS, a former president of the New York State Society of CPAs and the Accountants Club of America, chairman of the American Institute of CPAs, founding partner of Goldstein Golub Kessler and senior tax director at CohnReznick, has died. Kessler was frequently named among Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People in the […]

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Stuart Kessler Receives American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’s PFP Lifetime Achievement Award

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LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 11 — The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued the following news release: Stuart Kessler, CPA/PFS, has received the American Institute of CPA’s(AICPA) Stanley H. Breitbard Lifetime Achievement in Personal Financial Planning Award. This is only the third lifetime achievement award in personal financial planning ever given by the AICPA. The presentation took place at […]

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A Short Conversation with J. Michael Kirkland, CPA, CGMA, Accountants Club of America President for 2018 – 2019

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A Short Conversation with J. Michael Kirkland, CPA, CGMA, Accountants Club of America President for 2018 – 2019 What is your vision for ACA in the coming year? I hope to grow this organization.  As someone in the press said a few years ago, ACA is one of New York’s best kept secrets.  I want […]

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Edward Mendlowitz | 2018 Folio Eddie and Ozzie Awards

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On October 9, 2018 the 2018 Eddie and Ozzie Awards were announced by Folio Magazine.  Edward Mendlowitz’s Accounting Today column won the award in the B2B > Banking / Finance Category. Congratulations Ed!  

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Wealthy Must Do Careful Assessment Before Moving To Lower-Tax State | Financial Advisor

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 • JEFF STIMPSON Some high-net-worth clients are being hit hard in high-tax states by added burdens from reform — some even to the point of packing up for supposedly lower-tax states. Many clients are impacted chiefly by the new $10,000 state and local tax and property deduction cap of $10,000, especially in the nation’s […]

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