Below please find daily updates pertaining to the latest in financial, business, and tax news:

Weighing In on Employee Benefit Plans

Posted: Sun May 20 13:53:46 PDT 2012

By AccountingWEB Staff   MetLife has released its "Tenth Annual Study of Employee Benefits Trends," the results of which confirm that despite uncertain and shifting times, the potential of benefits to help attract and retain talent are stronger than ever. read more...

Company Announcements: Week of May 21, 2012

Posted: Sun May 20 09:40:31 PDT 2012

Fazio, Mannuzza, Roche, Tankel, LaPilusa, LLC, announced that Mary Parente, CPA, principal, and Christine G. read more...

Ted Dickman Named BKD's Next CEO

Posted: Fri May 18 11:24:40 PDT 2012

The CPA and advisory firm BKD, LLP, has tapped Regional Managing Partner Ted Dickman as its next CEO, effective Friday, June 1, 2012.   "I'm both humbled and excited to be chosen to continue leading our firm forward into a dynamically changing world," Dickman said. read more...

Farewell Peachtree Accounting, Hello Sage 50

Posted: Fri May 18 08:10:33 PDT 2012

By David H. Ringstrom, CPA   After thirty-five years, the venerable software program known as Peachtree Accounting is adopting a new moniker – Sage 50 Accounting. The software has changed hands several times over its life, most recently purchased by Sage in 1998. read more...

Nine Alabama Family Members Indicted for Identity Theft and Tax Fraud

Posted: Fri May 18 07:09:45 PDT 2012

Barbara Murry, Douglas Murry, Douglas Murry III, Yolanda Moses, Lee Moses, Veronica Temple, Jeffrey Temple, Almetta Johnson, and Courtney Johnson were charged in an indictment by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama on a variety of counts stemming from an identity theft and tax fraud scheme, the Justice Department and the IRS announced May 3.    The thirty-three-coun...