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By Jim Norton, CPA, Principal – GRF CPAs & Advisors and CTCPA Advisory Council Chair

The Connecticut Society of CPAs (CTCPA) will host a Day of Giving social and collection drive to benefit Connecticut Foodshare and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center at the CTCPA office in Rocky Hill on Tuesday, November 29 (#GivingTuesday) from 8 to 10:30 a.m.

After leading membership recruitment and retention for the last three years, Cindy Panioto of Canton has been promoted to the Director of Operations & Advocacy at the Connecticut Society of CPAs (CTCPA) in Rocky Hill.

Knight Rolleri Sheppard CPAS, LLP has changed to Rolleri & Sheppard CPAS, LLP. The firm remains located at 2150 Post Road 5th Floor in Fairfield.

CohnReznick recently announced several Connecticut promotions, including the following CTCPA members:

Laura K. Caiafa of Caiafa & Company, LLC Hamden was recently quoted in the Wall Street Journal article, “What to Know About the Electric Vehicle Tax Credits, and How to Get More Money Back.”

In his final column for AccountingWEB, contributor and tax pro Mike Pusey, CPA covers tax provisions with broad applicability, a narrower focus, and termination of the "old" electric vehicle credit.

The crush of 30,000 applications for a $30 million program to compensate Connecticut workers who couldn’t work from home at the beginning of the pandemic is expected to be fully functional by the end of the week.

The BORGIDA CARES! Team participated in the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) Daffodil Days and sold luminarias, homemade paper lanterns – decorated with the names of loved ones. Each Luminaria is in honor or remembrance of a life touched by cancer, accompanied by a moment of silence for those lost. The team also held a “Toast for a Cure” fundraising event at a local brewery, Labyrinth Brewing Company in Manchester, CT. Pictures from the events can be found on the Borgida & Company website.

This spring, 27 Connecticut residents graduated from the 2022 Connecticut Professionals’ Leadership Academy, a program designed to strengthen leadership skills, develop and build relationships, and create a collaborative professional services community. This landmark program brings together professionals from various industries and backgrounds, including accounting and finance, law, insurance and architecture.

By CTCPA Advisory Council Chair Jim Norton, CPA, GRF CPAs & Advisors

By CTCPA Chair Michael Maksymiw Jr., CPA, Aprio Firm Foundation

Ryan C. Sheppard, CPA, CFF was named a Fairfield Man of Influence in the June issue of Fairfield Lifestyle.

Over 90 Whittlesey team members across Connecticut and Western Massachusetts celebrated Community Day, an annual day of service representing the firm’s year-round commitment to giving back to local communities. For the past twelve years, hundreds of Whittlesey volunteers have put aside their daily work to partake in various projects ranging from painting classrooms to building homes.

The Accounting Scholarship Foundation of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CTCPA) presented more than $45,000 in scholarships at the CTCPA Recognition Reception held recently at the Wallingford Country Club.

A U.S. accounting firm is not prohibited by a White House executive order regarding U.S. sanctions against Russia from providing tax advisory and preparation services to the U.S. subsidiary of a Russian company in certain scenarios, according to guidance issued Thursday by Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

Adam O’Feeney, CPA, and senior manager at CironeFriedberg, LLP, joins the prestigious list of accomplished awardees of the 2022 Fairfield County 40 Under Forty award.

The Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CTCPA) honored Susan A. Martinelli, CPA of Southington with the 2022 Jack Brooks Leadership Award recently at the CTCPA Annual Meeting.

The Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CTCPA) has elected and installed its Board of Directors for the 2022-2023 activity year.

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig updated members of the Senate Finance Committee Thursday on the Service's performance in the soon-to-be-concluded tax filing season, as well as longer-term assessments of its efforts to modernize its operations, fill staffing gaps, and improve taxpayer service and enforcement.