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ASWA to honor 'Excellence' award winners during Annual Conference American Society of Women Accountants Share    
ASWA will recognize its 2011 "Excellence in Accounting and Finance Award" winners during the Awards Lunch on Oct. 25 during the 2011 Annual Conference for Women in Accounting. Winners include:
ACCA: CFOs, investors increased IFRS support Accounting Today Share
Chief financial officers and investors have increased their support for global accounting standards since the start of the economic crisis in 2008, according to an international survey published recently by the global Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. More Claudette Christian's 10 tips for women in business Forbes Share
Claudette Christian is the co-chair of the board of the top-ranked global legal practice Hogan Lovells. Born and raised on the small island of St. Thomas, Christian has devoted her career to issues such as leadership, diversity and inclusion, and has more than 25 years of domestic and international commercial and corporate transactional experience. She shares insight for women who are striving to reach the pinnacle of their professions. More
DOD vows to improve 'disastrous' accounting systems Accounting Today Share
Following a scathing report by the Center for Public integrity, which revealed the U.S. Department of Defense lacks any mechanism to show how billions of taxpayer dollars are spent, the agency pledged to clean up its accounting practices by 2017. More Estate tax protective claim procedures detailed Journal of Accountancy Share
The IRS recently issued guidance on filing a protective claim for refund of estate tax and notifying the IRS that the claim is ready for consideration. More Occupy Wall Street: What businesses need to know Harvard Business Review Share
With the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations spreading from New York to other U.S. cities and foreign countries, business leaders beyond the stock exchanges are wondering what exactly is going on: Is this truly the American version of the Arab spring? What do the demonstrators want? More Helping women-owned businesses succeed Smart Business Share
Women-owned businesses have become one of the fastest-growing — if not the fastest-growing — segments of the economy. But Helen Han, president and CEO of the National Association of Women Business Owners, says it takes more than just attending business school to become a entrepreneur. More Tax preparers brace for new IRS fees, rules The Washington Post Share
Tax preparers are chewing their pencils as the U.S. Internal Revenue Service gets ready to impose the first comprehensive program of fees and rules on the industry's 730,000 practitioners. More Trade bills pass Congress with tax provisions Journal of Accountancy Share
After a trio of foreign trade agreements gained congressional approval earlier this month, a tax preparer penalty relating to the earned income tax credit will increase to $500, and the IRS will receive detailed information about federal and state prison inmates. More Why do accounting academics blog less than other academics? The Accounting Onion Share
Tom Selling writes, "Why are there so few academic accountants who blog? Given the popularity of blogging and the presence of so many bloggers from other academic disciplines — even ones close to accounting, like finance, economics and law — I think it is incumbent upon academic accountants to ask why there are so few bloggers in our field." More For women, parity remains subtly steep climb The New York Times Share
Isn't it just a matter of time before women reach parity with men in the upper ranks of the corporate world? After all, women in the United States now collect nearly 60 percent of four-year degrees and they make up nearly half of the American workforce. More A female-dominated workplace won't fix everything Harvard Business Review Share
Men on the job must feel besieged. Two seismic shifts are underway that are changing the ways in which we've believed work works. More |
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