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CAS accounting and the next generation of accountants

Accounting Today

EDT 5 Min Read Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Over the last several months, Ive been partnering with Intuit QuickBooks, Brittany Brown with Ledger Gurus and Utah Valley University professor David Waite to deliver a hands-on accounting curriculum that teaches students the skills they need to succeed in the accounting profession.

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M&A roundup: Meaden & Moore; Platform Accounting expand

Accounting Today

In 2021, it acquired Long Cook & Samsa in Wooster, Ohio, and in 2015 it acquired LBC International Investigative Accounting in Canada, London and Paris. Platform, based in Holladay, Utah, invests in and acquires smaller accounting firms, frequently rebranding them.

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Special Report: 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards

CPA Practice

From tax prep to asset management, invoicing and portals, and auditing to remote CFO functions, the services the accounting and tax pros provide are dependent on the technologies they use. The awards highlight the most useful technology for firms and clients.

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Armanino merges in SAOS

Accounting Today

In May, Armanino expanded into Utah by adding Cooper Savas LLC , a CPA firm based in Salt Lake City. Following the deal, Armanino adopted an alternative practice structure. In February of this year, Armanino acquired Boca Raton, Florida-based ERP and technology consulting firm Complete Business Solutions.

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On the move: HCVT hired CAS co-leader

Accounting Today

UTAH Tanner, Salt Lake City, launched Tanner Vanguard, a new internal leadership academy designed to empower firm staff with the skills, mindset and confidence to lead. TEXAS Christy Baumann Christy Baumann, recently named the San Antonio office managing partner at EY, won a Womens Leadership Award from the San Antonio Business Journal.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Getting personal

Accounting Today

Washington City, Utah: Business owner Phyllip Hallman Heaton has been sentenced to five months in prison and 18 months of supervised release (including six months of home detention) after not paying taxes for six years. From 2017 to 2022, Heaton, who pleaded guilty in February, underreported his income to the IRS. million in income tax.

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Public land sales blocked from Trump's tax bill

Accounting Today

Senator Mike Lee, a Utah Republican leading the charge to sell swaths of Interior Department and US Forest Service land, said he was rejiggering the plan to reduce its scope, including removing all Forest Service land sales.

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