October 1999

Marc Albaum, own account, talked with The New York Times about the Internal Revenue Service's restructuring.

Deborah Bailey-Browne, of Vanacore DeBenedictus DiGovani & Weddell LLP, discussed in the Register Star (Hudson) the importance of working in the arts.

Andrew Blackman, of Shapiro & Lobel LLP, talked with Accounting Today about the certified financial planner designation.

Steve Blum, of KPMG LLP, talked with Long Island Business News about the firm's global mergers and acquisitions business.

Thomas Bonadio, of Bonadio & Co. LLP; Frank Insero, of Insero Kasperski Ciaccia & Co. PC; David Pitcher, of Davie Kaplan Chapman Braverman PC; P. Gerard Sokolski, of Mengel Metzger Barr & Co. LLP; and Gerald Van Strydonck, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, spoke with the Rochester Business Journal about the Uniform Accountancy Act.

Stephen G. Butler, of KPMG LLP, spoke with The Wall Street Journal about his plans as the firm's new chair.

Gary J. Cassiello, of Judelson Giordano & Siegal PC, was quoted in an article and had a letter published in the Poughkeepsie Journal about changes in the accounting profession.

Eric Cohen, of Cohen Computer Consulting, spoke with The Practical Accountant about portable technology.

Ira Cohen, of Livingston Wachtell & Co. LLP, spoke with Crain's New York Business about CPA networks.

David Costello, of the National Association of State Boards for Public Accountancy, spoke with Accounting Today about the AICPA allowing compilations to be performed by non-CPA firms.

Robert K. Decelles, of KPMG LLP, talked with Accounting Today about the American Bar Association's deliberations on CPA­lawyer mergers.

Robert K. Elliot, of KPMG LLP; Stuart Kessler, of American Express Tax & Business Services of New York; and Barry Melancon, of the AICPA, talked with Accounting Today about ethics in the accounting profession.

George T. Foundotos, of Coughlin Foundotos Cullen & Danowski LLP, spoke with Newsday about the impact the UAA will have on the future of accounting.

Peter Frank, of Cornick Garber Sandler & Co. LLP; James Kinney, of M.R. Weiser & Co. LLP; Robert Peare, of Peare & Heller CPAs PC; and Mark Plostock, own account, were featured in the Long Island Business News on technology and the future of accounting.

Barry Garfield, of Holtz Rubenstein & Co. LLP, talked with businessweek.com about payment plans on loans.

Seymour Goldberg, of Goldberg & Goldberg PC, spoke with U.S. News & World Report, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal about IRA tax issues.

Gary H. Hirsh, of Mintz Rosenfeld & Co. LLC, gave Accounting Today his summer reading plans, which included The CPA Journal.

Robert L. Israeloff, of Israeloff Trattner & Co. CPAs PC, spoke with Long Island Business News about pension plans, and with CNNfn about the tax benefits of charitable donations.

Alan D. Kahn, of AJK Financial Group, discussed the importance of life insurance in The Practical Accountant.

Stuart Kotler, of David Berdon & Co. LLP, spoke with The Practical Accountant about business owner clients.

David A. Lifson, of Hays & Co., talked with The Wall Street Journal about the importance of privacy for tax preparers.

Eugene T. Maccarrone, of Hofstra University, and Diane Womack, of Margolin Winer & Evans LLP, spoke with Newsday about the Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession program held at Pace and Hofstra universities.

Michael McNee, of Paneth Haber & Zimmerman LLP, spoke with Crain's New York Business about banks working with nonprofit organizations.

Edward Mendlowitz, of Mendlowitz Weitsen LLP CPAs, authored the article, "Ten Financial Controls to Boost Your Bottom Line," in Bottom Line/Business.

Martin Nissenbaum, of Ernst & Young LLP, and Larry Torella, of Richard A. Eisner & Co. LLP, spoke to The Wall Street Journal about summer tax planning ideas.

Steven Siegel, of Kalmus Siegel Teitelbaum Harris & Goldfarb LLP, spoke with Newsday about how strong marketing brings in new business.

Ed Slott, of E. Slott & Co. CPAs, was quoted in U.S. News & World Report about IRA tax rules, in Long Island Business News about pension plans, and in The Wall Street Journal about summer tax planning ideas.