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Richard Allaway, vice president and general manager of ADP Payroll for Partners, discusses trends from the Accountants Confidence Index, including how accounting firms are maximizing revenue, dealing with hiring and staffing, and ensuring information security, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood.

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause has elected Alan Whitman to serve as CEO upon the completion of Timothy Christen’s term in June 2016.

U.S. companies that have already carried out inversions are likely to cost the government a record $2.2 billion or more in lost tax revenue next year, double the amount in 2014, according to calculations based on companies’ financial results.

President Barack Obama held out the prospect that the administration and congressional Republicans can reach a deal on revamping the corporate tax code and said he wanted to start discussions early next year.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center has released an advisory document on the importance of hiring a quality auditor to perform employee benefit plan financial statement audits, along information to help select a quality auditor.

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

The private sector added 208,000 jobs from October to November, according to payroll giant ADP, reflecting steady growth in the economy.

In the newly created role, Phil Wilson is responsible for overseeing all client services and business operations in the firm’s California offices.

Accounting Degree Review, an online resource for accounting education and related topics, recently published their 2014-2015 affordability rankings for residential undergraduate accounting programs. The rankings include the thirty most affordable accounting schools based on annual tuition and fees for out-of-state incoming freshmen enrolling in the 2014-2015 academic year.

Mary Meeker is famous for her technology reports. In her 2014 Internet Trends report she shows tablets growing faster than PCs ever did.