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The New York State Society of CPAs said the Internal Revenue Service should provide safe harbor guidelines for transferring property from one irrevocable trust to another, a process known as a trust decanting.

John Johnson will join the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy as director of legislative affairs, effective June 1. He will be working to create a national legislative program to assist NASBA's 55 member boards.

The AICPA celebrated its 125th anniversary last week at its Spring Meeting of Council, and our reporters were on site to bring you the highlights.

The New York State Society of CPAs has written to the Internal Revenue Service asking for a simplified method of electing deferral of U.S. taxation on Canadian Registered Retirement Savings Plans.

Moss Adams chairman Robert Bunting, a former chairman of the American Institute of CPAs, assembled a group of his fellow former AICPA chairmen to mark the 125th anniversary of the Institute.

A group of high-ranking officials in accounting and auditing standard-setting organizations discussed the changing standards for mandatory audit firm rotation, private company accounting and other controversial issues at the American Institute of CPAs’ Spring Meeting of Council.

The American Institute of CPAs marked its 125th anniversary during its Spring Meeting of Council, with meetings on Capitol Hill and the White House with lawmakers and policymakers, capped off with a lavish black tie reception.

Information Technology Alliance president Ron Eagle announced at the organization's spring collaborative meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., earlier this month that he would not be renewing his contract as president, effective Sept. 1, 2012.

The American Institute of CPAs has introduced a Web-based calculator to help individuals estimate the total amount of taxes they pay every year for the most common federal, state and local taxes.

The American Institute of CPAs is urging the House to pass legislation this week to establish a uniform national standard governing the withholding of state income taxes for nonresident employees.

Deborah Mathis, shareholder-in-charge of the Healthcare Services Group and executive director of CG Healthcare Solutions, and Lynne Broza, director of the Litigation & Valuation Services Group of Cowan, Gunteski & Co. PA, have been named 2012 Women of Note by the New Jersey Society of CPAs.

In an emotional speech on Thursday night, Gail M. Kinsella was installed as president of the New York State Society of CPAs.

A representative of the American Institute of CPAs told the Internal Revenue Service that the temporary proposed regulations governing the deduction and capitalization of tangible property expenditures are too complex for many taxpayers.

The American Institute of CPAs has written a letter to the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee asking them to amend the Tax Code to allow estates and nongrantor trusts to fully deduct the cost of complying with the fiduciary duties of administering estates and trusts.

Martin Shenkman, principal at Paramus, N.J.-based Martin Shenkman PC, received the 2012 Sidney Kess Award for Excellence in Continuing Education from the American Institute of CPAs this week.

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CCH Small Firm Services and the National Association of Tax Professionals have expanded the benefits they are offering to tax and accounting professionals from their partnership.

Lawson Carmichael has joined the American Institute of CPAs as senior vice president for strategy, people and innovation.

Confidence in the global economy recovered significantly in the early part of this year among accountants, regaining some of the optimism that had been lost last year, according to a new survey.

K2 Enterprises has signed a deal with CPA2Biz, the technology and marketing services subsidiary of the American Institute of CPAs, to distribute on-site learning content.