LEADING QUESTIONS: CPA Sponsel takes calculated risk
With a family history rich with entrepreneurs, Tom Sponsel decided late in his accounting career to strike out on his own.
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Two Indianapolis accounting firms among best-managed
BGBC Partners LLP and Katz Sapper & Miller LLP were recognized in the latest annual ranking compiled by Inside Public Accounting.
Two Indianapolis accounting firms make top 100 list
Katz Sapper & Miller LLP and Blue & Co. LLC again are the only two local accounting firms to crack Inside Public
Accounting’s annual top-100 list.
IRS rules might solve not-for-profit mystery
New filing requirement promises real numbers, but compliance is weak.
Ohio congressmen seek to raid Indy defense accounting jobs
U.S. Reps. Kucinich and LaTourette say about 225 Marine Corps IT jobs belong in Cleveland instead of Indianapolis.
Accountant files suit against former firm, partner
A contentious split between two prominent accounting partners is getting even uglier after a lawsuit filed by one of them
has the other pledging to counter sue.
Loss of partner at accounting firm Greenwalt Sponsel results in new name
The firm is now Greenwalt CPAs following the departure in September of Tom Sponsel, who launched Sponsel CPA Group.
Record number of Indiana taxpayers e-filed this year
Indiana taxpayers filed a record 2.2 million electronic federal tax returns this year.
Study: Taxing services could yield state $6.8B
The non-partisan Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute this morning released a new study exploring the ramifications of expanding
the state’s sales tax to include services.
Events to teach personal finance, money management
Hundreds of free events to educate consumers on personal finance and money management will occur around Indiana the week of
Oct. 10-17 as part of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s annual Indiana Money Smart Week.
Spurned Sponsel creates own CPA firm
A longtime partner of Indianapolis-based Greenwalt Sponsel & Co. Inc. has left the accounting firm and started his own after
he said it became apparent he would not become managing partner.
Greenwood man admits stealing cemetery funds
A man admits embezzling about $4.2 million in perpetual-care trust funds from a Michigan cemetery operated by his Indianapolis-based
company.
Penrod treasurer charged with taking about $400K
The former volunteer treasurer of an arts group that stages one of Indianapolis’ best-known art fairs has been charged with
embezzling about $400,000.
Indiana converting to centralized accounting system
Indiana state government will fully convert to a uniform financial accounting system by Sept. 16.
Dodson Group CFO to plead guilty to wire fraud
A former chief financial officer for The Dodson Group has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud after admitting to stealing
$422,539 from the Indianapolis-based firm.
Two local accounting firms among top 100
Katz Sapper & Miller LLP and Blue & Co. LLC are the only two local accounting
firms to crack Inside Public Accounting’s latest top-100 list.
PricewaterhouseCoopers adds BearingPoint consultants
The Indianapolis office of New York-based PricewaterhouseCoopers is adding 20 consultants following the accounting firm’s
purchase of a portion of McLean, Va.-based BearingPoint Inc.
Deloitte employees take part in company-wide volunteer day
Eli Lilly and Co. isn’t the only company to set aside a day for volunteering. The Big 4 accounting firm Deloitte had its 10th
annual IMPACT Day June 5.
Company in doubt? Don’t blame auditor
Keep in mind, the auditor doesnâ??t run the businessâ??the businessâ?? management does.
Credit crunch creates bond crisis for CIB
The Capital Improvement Board’s $43 million in debts must be settled soon, or the entity may not be able to survive.