CPA is local artist-of-the-month

“I’m an accountant, a CPA,” Gloria Bruning said. “Just being in numbers all day long – I needed something in my brain to balance that out. So I started painting.” See here and here.

Alpern Rosenthal adds space for new hires

Alpern Rosenthal is adding office space in Pittsburgh this summer to make room for 48 employees in 8,500 square feet of space . “Our firm continues to grow. We continue to obtain a lot of new business, and we’ve had … Continued

Job 1: Get the numbers right.

Job 2: If you can’t do Job 1, punt. American International Group said last week that bad calculations on some arcane debt swaps had translated to $3.6 billion more in losses than the company had previously estimated. And that’s just … Continued

The Year of Filing Dangerously

Could be rough going, with late start by IRS, forms and software mess This tax-filing season is shaping up as one to dread because of extraordinarily late changes in tax laws, outdated or erroneous instructions and forms, increasing complexity and … Continued

IRS Co-Stars in HBO’s Joe Louis Bio Pic

“Joe Louis: America’s Hero … Betrayed” relates in detail how the IRS hounded the fighter mercilessly for payment of back taxes for nearly the rest of his life — and this after Louis abandoned boxing during the prime of his … Continued