Below please find daily updates pertaining to the latest in financial, business, and tax news:
Moss Adams Pledges $500,000 to Western Washington University
Posted: Tue Jun 18 12:48:33 PDT 2013Moss Adams has pledged to donate $500,000 over the next five years to the College of Business and Economics at Western Washington University to help fund student scholarships and enhance faculty development opportunities....
Soccer Star Lionel Messi: A Tax Mess or Example?
Posted: Tue Jun 18 12:42:25 PDT 2013In soccer, he's the World Player of the Year. But lately, the Spanish tax authorities have turned the hot glare of suspicion on Lionel Messi, along with his manager/agent father, Jorge Horacio Messi....
IRS Provides Few Answers to NSA on the Retirement of Two e-Services
Posted: Tue Jun 18 11:33:41 PDT 2013The National Society of Accountants met recently with IRS officials to discuss why the agency is retiring the Disclosure Authorization and Electronic Account Resolution e-services products on August 11 and options to allow these services to be continued....
Surge Continues in Learning and Development Spending
Posted: Tue Jun 18 08:22:37 PDT 2013In a recent study, Bersin by Deloitte found that overall spending on training rose 12 percent on average in 2012 ? a sign that amidst greater financial stability, organizations are focused on reskilling their workforces. ...
USU Students Win Regional Beta Alpha Psi Competition
Posted: Tue Jun 18 07:07:48 PDT 2013As any CPA knows, trying to explain accounting, the "language of business," to clients can sometimes be a difficult task. Now try to imagine explaining complex financial topics to a troop of Boy Scouts....
So You're Thinking of Joining a LinkedIn Group: 10 or so Tips for Getting the Most Out of the LinkedIn Group Experience
Posted: Mon Jun 17 14:33:58 PDT 2013Event Date: July 31, 2013Participating in Groups on LinkedIn is a great way to network with your peers and build your client and customer base. In this informative session, you'll learn how to choose a group to join, how to join, what to do once you've joined, how to create your own group, and what to do with a group you have created. Learn how people are using LinkedIn groups as a gateway to b...
Partner Succession - It's All about Client Transition, Retention
Posted: Mon Jun 17 11:55:18 PDT 2013CPA firms are wrestling their way through partner retirements and the accompanying succession issues in numbers that the profession has never seen before. It's the baby boomer bubble, up close and personal. ...
Sinbad's Mountain of Tax Debt: It Ain't So Funny
Posted: Mon Jun 17 11:36:23 PDT 2013For comedian Sinbad, life hasn't been all that fun for the last several years. Right now he's in debt to the tune of nearly $11 million. Of this amount, more than $8 million is owed to the IRS and another $2.3 million to the state of California. ...
FASB Approves Deferral on Certain Benefit Plan Disclosures
Posted: Mon Jun 17 10:33:16 PDT 2013The FASB voted on June 12 to indefinitely defer certain disclosures about investments held by a nonpublic employee benefit plan in its plan sponsor's own nonpublic equity securities....
Faith Evans' Tax Mess: More Blues than Rhythm
Posted: Mon Jun 17 10:16:02 PDT 2013It sounds like small potatoes compared to other celebrities in tax trouble, but it's bad enough to pump up the blues for rhythm and blues singer Faith Evans. Evans is into the state of California for $29,535.48 relating to her 2011 income....
