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James Brendel has been named managing partner of Hein & Associates LLP after 28 years at the nationwide accounting and advisory firm.

CliftonLarsonAllen has merged in four more firms—Four Point Partners, Guthoff Mehall Allen & Company, Komisar Brady & Co. LLP, and Galanti & Company P.C.—with all the deals effective Jan. 1, 2016.

Illinois-based accounting and consulting firm CDH has merged in the consulting firm Heath Corporation, effective Dec. 1, 2015.

The majority of CPAs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey feel that local economic growth is suffering from government gridlock and federal regulations, according to a new poll.

Central Florida CPA firm Averett Warmus Durkee, has joined WithumSmith+Brown, PC, effective Dec. 31, 2015.

Top 100 firm Friedman LLP has combined forces with Philadelphia-based accounting firm, Shechtman Marks Devor PC, effective Jan. 1, 2016.

Leaders of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board are bracing for the release of the leasing standard and other standards that have been under development and generating debate for over a decade.

Baldwin CPAs merged in Anderson, Bryant, Lasky & Winslow, PSC, a firm based in Louisville, Ky., effective Jan. 1, 2016, expanding the firm’s presence in Kentucky.

The House has approved tax extenders legislation that makes a number of the periodically expiring tax breaks into permanent features of the tax code.

On the heels of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s new standards for disclosure of audit engagement partners, the International Accounting Education Standards Board has issued new guidance for the implementation of its own standard, IES 8, Professional Competence for Engagement Partners Responsible for Audits of Financial Statements (Revised).

Kaplan Collections has developed a new infographic on how businesses can make it harder to collect on receivables, vs. how to get paid faster.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has made available the 2016 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy, pending final acceptance by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

A group representing community banks is objecting to recent remarks last week by Financial Accounting Standards Board chairman Russell Golden, claiming they “slander” community banks.

Wolters Kluwer has introduced two new learning certification programs for tax professionals.

Bloomberg BNA has released a federal tax guide for 2016.

The former tax preparer for Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, one of the stars of the MTV reality TV series “Jersey Shore,” and his brother, Marc Sorrentino, pleaded guilty Wednesday to filing fraudulent tax returns on their behalf.

Becker Professional Education has introduced seven new Professional Certification Programs for CPAs and other financial professionals.

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, also known as COSO, has introduced an Internal Control Certificate Program.

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has issued provisional sustainability standards for renewable energy companies.

Capital markets executives are divided on the question of whether there will be more initial public offerings on U.S. exchanges next year, according to a new study by BDO USA.