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Accounting Today: AICPA announces free, four-part web series on promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace

BY SEAN MCCABE AUGUST 17, 2016 The AICPA announced on Wednesday that they will be offering a free, four-part webcast series on creating a more inclusive workplace in the accounting profession. Dubbed “The Workplace Inclusion” series, the webcast is a continuation of an earlier series on unconscious bias. The series is open to both AICPA members and the public. The first […]

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 […]