Looking back on the past year of education, successes and firm growth, accounting firm members of BKR International reflected and voted on their best of the best management traits to support practice management and the industry. Here five qualities they chose to ring in the new year.
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He pointed out that the AICPA has repeatedly made the case to Congress that all professional service firms—including accounting firms—should have received the new deduction. “The professional services sector, a critical element of America's economic success, has been ignored,” said Melancon.
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During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 and the period ended December 31, 2015, and the subsequent interim period through November 2, 2017, there were no (i) disagreements with Weld Asia on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing
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Representatives for Rio Tinto, Whitehaven, EMR Capital and Glencore declined to comment. A spokesman for South32 said the company continues to focus on identifying new opportunities outside its portfolio, in an emailed response to Bloomberg queries. He declined to comment on the Rio assets.
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A settlement would let AT&T avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars in fees to creditors to amend the terms of bonds issued to finance the merger, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. AT&T's payment will go to union-represented, non-management and front-line management employees, the
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