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Kabat, Schertzer, De La Torre, Taraboulos & Co, an accounting and tax advisory firm based in Miami said Monday it will merge with the boutique firm, TD CPA, of Hollywood, Fla., extending KSDT’s reach across South Florida.

Accounting Today named the Best Firms to Work For 2013 during its annual Growth & Profitability Summit on Monday.

Deloitte said Monday it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Banyan Branch, a digital and social media agency, bringing the accounting and consulting firm into the online advertising and marketing business.

When construction slowed during the recession, some companies hired workers and wrongly designated them as independent contractors to avoid paying insurance, taxes, fair wages and overtime.

The American Institute of CPAs announced that 97 accounting students were awarded the AICPA Scholarship for Minority Accounting Students for the 2013-14 year.

Accounting Today began its annual three-day Growth & Profitability Summit in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday with a pair of insightful keynote speeches by Krista McMasters, CEO of McMasters Consulting and former CEO of top-ranked CPA firm Clifton Gunderson, and Jay Nisberg, president of the consulting firm Jay Nisberg & Associates, with both speakers highlighting the changing dynamics of managing an accounting firm and CPA practice.

Some accounting industry watchers warn business owners against relying on their CPAs for business advice, but many owners are apparently ignoring the advice.

German business weekly Wirtschaftswoche has reported that SAP plans to stop development of its SMB-focused cloud ERP product Business ByDesign, stating that existing customers will be still able to continue using it.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has introduced new bi-directional integration between its Accounting CS Payroll software and the Time Rack time, attendance, and human resources product.

People by nature are curious, emotional and often gullible. That mix can be toxic when trying to keep a tight rein on information security. IT risk and security expert David Barton explains the steps you can take at your firm to help your people stay more secure.