January 2000

Marc Albaum, own account, spoke with The Wall Street Journal about the IRS allowing delinquents to avoid tax bills.

Barbara Bel, own account; Joseph DiBendetto, of J. DiBendetto & Co.; Robert Ecker, of Ecker Loehr Ecker & Ecker LLP; Eric Kreuter, of Marden Harrison & Kreuter CPAs PC; Elliot Lesser, of Edward Isaacs & Co. LLP; Sandra Napoleon-Hudson, of Steinfink & Napoleon LLP; Vincent Pancaldo, of D'Arcangelo & Co. LLP; Barry Steinfink, of Steinfink & Napoleon LLP; Lawrence M. Lipoff, with Rogoff & Co. PC; and David Yablon, of Bennett Kielson Storch Yablon & DeSantis LLP, were featured in the Journal News (Westchester and Rockland counties) regarding a small business hotline sponsored by the NYSSCPA and the paper. Bel, Ecker, Napoleon-Hudson, and Pancaldo also talked with the Journal News about the importance of hiring a CPA when starting a small business.

Stephen G. Butler, of KPMG LLP, spoke with Electronic Accountant about KPMG LLP's significant growth in individual business this past year.

Stewart Buxbaum, of S. Buxbaum & Co. PC, was featured in a article on staffing issues.

Eric E. Cohen, of Cohen Computer Consulting, co-authored an article for the Rochester Business Journal about voice recognition software.

Steven Connolly, of Mortgage Warehouse, spoke to Newsday (Long Island) about how CPAs and other financial professionals can offer mortgage brokerage services to their clients.

Robert Ecker, of Ecker Loehr Ecker & Ecker LLP, gave small business tax tips on Bloomberg Radio.

Robert Eckhardt, of Robert J. Eckhardt & Co. PC; Alex Salomon, of Salomon & Co. CPAs PC; and Alan Straus, own account, spoke with Fortune about the "six biggest tax mistakes." Straus also was featured in an article in the Journal News after participating in a small business hotline sponsored by the paper.

Gary Edom, with Davie Kaplan Chapman & Braverman PC, spoke with the Rochester Business Journal about his firm's recruitment of college juniors.

Robert K. Elliott, of KPMG LLP, and Barry C. Melancon, of the AICPA, talked with The Wall Street Journal about the SEC's criticism of auditors. Elliott also spoke with Accounting Today about auditor independence. Melancon also spoke with Electronic Accountant twice about the AICPA's plan to look to external sponsors or investors for its future financing needs and about the AICPA's plan to offer online CPE.

Barry Garfield, of Holtz Rubenstein & Co. LLP, talked about personal finance on Bloomberg Radio.

Diane Giordano, of Grant Thornton LLP, will author a monthly tax advice column for the online magazine, TheWomensBlvd.com.

Steven S. Goodman, of Goodman & Mizrach CPAs PC, was featured in a Practical Accountant article called "RX for Doctors."

Alan D. Kahn, of the AJK Financial Group, spoke with Fortune about the U.S. income tax­deductibility of interest on foreign home mortgages and with Practical Accountant about variable annuities.

Joe Madonna, own account, gave tax tips for small businesses on WFAS-AM (Westchester).

Eli Mason, of Mason & Co. LLP, wrote an article on auditor independence for Accounting Today.

Martin Nissenbaum, of Ernst & Young LLP, talked with The Wall Street Journal about the estate and gift tax benefits of prepaying school tuition bills.

Raymond M. Nowicki, of Nowicki & Co. CPAs LLP, talked with Buffalo News about how firms are adding retirement plans to attract workers.

Richard Prinzi Jr., of Prinzi & Co., spoke with Practical Accountant about his firm's plan to highlight its website Q&A page due to its successful first year.

James J. Schiro, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, spoke to Electronic Accountant about global auditing standards.

P. Gerard Sokolski, of Mengel Metzger Barr & Co. LLP, wrote an article on tax simplification for the Syracuse Business Journal.

Thomas D. Weddell, of Vanacore DeBenedictus DiGovanni & Weddell LLP, told Accounting Today that hard work is his secret to success.

Alan E. Weiner, of Holtz Rubenstein & Co. LLP; Beatrix McKane, of Holtz Rubenstein & Co. LLP; and Larry Waldman, of KPMG LLP, talked with Newsday (Long Island) about CPA customized license plates. Weiner also spoke with Long Island Business News about the customized plates and advised Bloomberg LP's moneynews about the best way to handle a tax deduction the IRS may challenge. *