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10 Tips on Amending a Tax Return

The IRS shares some advice on fixing a return
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In the Blogs: Notice Anything?

by JEFF STIMPSON

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.
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Steven Harris elected chairman of National Association of Black Accountants (NABA)

by SEAN MCCABE

The National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) announced on Thursday that Steven Harris, partner-in-charge of RubinBrown’s Entrepreneurial Services Group, was named the new chairman of their Board of Directors. Effective July 1, 2016, Harris will serve a two-year term.
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IFAC Pushes to Build Accounting Profession in Developing World

by MICHAEL COHN

The International Federation of Accountants has been trying to build the reach and influence of the accounting profession in emerging markets in Africa, Asia and other parts of the world.
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The Two Wars in Accounting

Industry consultant Martin Bissett details the two major challenges facing the accounting profession.
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10 Tips on Amending a Tax Return

by DANIEL HOOD

The IRS shares some advice on fixing a return (text version)
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AICPA to Help Position CPAs in Fight Against Cyber Crime

by DANIELLE LEE

The AICPA announced a multifaceted action plan against cyber crime.
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AccountantsWorld Updates Accounting Power System

by RANICA ARROWSMITH

AccountantsWorld, a provider of cloud-based accounting solutions, has enhanced its signature product, Accounting Power.
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Virginia Society of CPAs Educational Foundation announces 2016-17 scholarship recipients

by SEAN MCCABE

The Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA) Educational Foundation recently announced its college scholarship recipients for the 2016–2017 academic year. The Educational Foundation represents a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting accounting education and encouraging students to pursue careers as CPAs.
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Loscalzo Acquires Tax Training Provider

by DANIEL HOOD

Loscalzo Associates, a provider of live CPE programs to the accounting profession, has acquired Nichols Patrick CPE, a continuing education provider specializing in tax training.
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Report: India’s Accounting Software Market Set to Boom

by RANICA ARROWSMITH

The accounting software market in India is poised to boom.
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Share Your Expertise: Why It Pays and How to Do It

by MARY ELLEN BIERY

Tax lawyer Kelly Phillips Erb, aka “taxgirl,” has written for The New York Times and is now a staff writer for Forbes.com, but she never set out to be a famous blogger or national thought leader.
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Fired IRS Employees Don’t Always Have Access Revoked

by ROGER RUSSELL

The Internal Revenue Service can’t always be sure that former employees’ access to systems and buildings has been revoked, according to a recent report.
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Facebook Under Investigation by IRS

by DANIEL HOOD

Social media giant Facebook is being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service over the value of intangible property it transferred to a unit in Ireland, according to published reports.
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Taxpayer Advocate Calls 2016 Filing Season an Improvement

by ROGER RUSSELL

The National Taxpayer Advocate says that the 2016 filing season went “much more smoothly” than last year’s.
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AICPA Urges Treasury and IRS to Delay Effective Date of Section 385 Proposed Regulations

by SEAN MCCABE

The AICPA drafted a new comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS today, calling for a delay in the effective date of Internal Revenue Code section 385 proposed regulations (REG-108060-15), which relates to the treatment of certain interests in corporations as stock or debt for federal tax purposes...
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