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REDW Advisors & CPAs acquired human resources consulting agency Soaring Bird Solutions, expanding the Top 100 Firm's ability to serve Tribal Nations and Tribal enterprises. bit.ly/4dwRQvo #accounting #acquisitions

Finance, accounting and tax employees are feeling more threatened about their job prospects due to the rising use of AI by employers, according to a new survey. bit.ly/4uFJoQG #AI #jobs #accounting

BDO USA has been involved in a yearslong lawsuit involving the investors in a defunct hedge fund who sued the auditing firm for negligence, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty, and a judge recently opened the door wider to future lawsuits against other firms. bit.ly/41lSNPL #audit #lawsuits #hedgefunds

Springline Advisory acquired SD Mayer Advisory @SDMayerLLP, expanding the Top 100 Firm's presence on the West Coast. bit.ly/47Efxy8 #accounting #practicemanagement

McConnell Jones, the largest African American-owned CPA firm in the U.S., appointed William Taylor, Jr. to become its next managing partner at the conclusion of a two-year transition period. bit.ly/47d8oom #accounting

The World Bank has barred PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP network affiliates in Mauritius, Kenya and Rwanda from providing professional services for projects it finances for 21 months. bit.ly/4uWNKmP #accounting

Tax season is the natural trigger for an estate planning conversation, and the logic is simple, Mark Friedlich @mfriedlich writes. The documents your clients are already gathering for their returns are the same documents an estate planning attorney needs to build or update a comprehensive plan. bit.ly/475bnze #tax #estateplanning

For years, investors looked the other way as software companies used their stock to pay employees while the share prices soared. But now that they're getting pummeled over AI fears, the practice is raising questions. When a company issues shares to pay an employee, it's treated as a non-cash expense even though it still reduces earnings per share. Most software companies exclude those costs when calculating non-GAAP earnings, making profitability appear higher than if they were included. bit.ly/4skBgn0 #accounting #compensation

.@KPMG International elected Gary Wingrove as its next global chairman and CEO, effective Oct. 1, 2026. bit.ly/4bDcgR3 #accounting

Continuous, forward-looking upskilling is the secret ingredient that will help CPAs turn expertise into the type of lasting relevance that drives career success, writes Jen Cryder, CEO of @the_picpa. bit.ly/4uDA53y #accounting #CPA

The IRS issued a notice extending temporary relief for another year on using alternative methods for brokers of digital assets, such as cryptocurrency. bit.ly/4dtRCFe #crypto #IRS

The number of accounting-related securities class action filings plummeted 40% last year, going from 57 in 2024 to an all-time low of 34 in 2025, according to a new report by @Cornerstone_Res. But the total settlement value rose 40% to $1.5 billion, with accounting cases representing 51% of total securities class action settlement dollars. bit.ly/4sBi70x #accounting #lawsuits

Two billion-dollar firms, CBIZ CPAs @cbz and @BakerTillyUS, pulled in by far the most new SEC audit clients in 2025, thanks to two different mega-mergers. bit.ly/4lUvyGl #audit

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to slash New York state's estate tax exemption threshold by almost 90%, from a more than $7 million limit to $750,000, and raise the top estate tax rate from 16% to 50%. bit.ly/4sf9cl6 #tax #EstateTax #Mamdani

The 2026 tax filing season is giving financial advisors an early look at how taxpayers are navigating the first year of major changes under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Here are 3 top tax questions clients are asking this filing season. bit.ly/3PdUmN4 #tax #taxes

In the blogs: It's a gut punch; up in smoke; contingency planning; disaster strikes; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers. bit.ly/47TjRcT #tax #taxes

The SEC and the CFTC issued an official interpretation of how federal securities laws should apply to cryptocurrency assets, taking a more industry-friendly approach than the Biden administration. bit.ly/4drJftU #SEC #crypto

Auvenir, an accounting and compliance technology provider founded as a @Deloitte venture, has officially launched as an independent company that now styles itself Streamworks Tech. bit.ly/40yRtsL #accounting #compliance

Clients are hoping to get refunds from tariffs, as the Trump administration is building a portal where companies will be able to apply for tariff refunds after the Supreme Court struck down the use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for imposing tariffs. bit.ly/4uBcqRi #tariffs #tax

Over 830,000 taxpayers have received notices so far this tax season saying their tax refunds are being delayed as the IRS implements an executive order from President Trump requiring electronic payment of tax refunds. bit.ly/4cFPOsu #tax #IRS