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UHY Advisors NY announced on Tuesday that it will commemorate its 50th anniversary by donating $50,000 to the New York chapters of national nonprofit organizations dedicated to fighting disease and improving the lives of children.

Dube & Cuttini Chartered Accountants, of Kitchener, Canada, is merging with BDO Canada. The combination is to take effect on Jan. 1, and Dube & Cuttini will operate under the BDO name.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has rounded up its annual list of quirky sales tax laws for 2014.

Consultant Kristen Rampe discusses the reasons why accountants should play a greater role in marketing and business development at their firms, in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn at Accounting Today's Growth & Profitability Summit in Boca Raton, Fla.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board said Thursday the the 2015 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy is now available, although it is pending final acceptance by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Tax Court held that the owner of a construction company who paid to sponsor his son’s motocross racing activities could deduct the payments since he was able to show that this helped him bring in business.

In the past few months there has been a significant increase in the frequency of wire transfer scam attacks against accounting firms, according to Rickard Jorgensen, president of Jorgensen & Company, with more than a dozen CPA firms successfully targeted.

The Internal Revenue Service is joining with several national tax and accounting organizations to give taxpayers new options and tips on selecting reputable tax professionals and avoiding unscrupulous preparers.

On Thursday, KPMG LLP announced that it will donate 100,000 new books and – in conjunction with Campbell Soup Company – more than 150,000 cans of soup this holiday season to organizations affiliated with the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY), in addition to various food banks and organizations that serve the homeless.