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By James Whall, PICPA strategic marketing coordinator

Consumers are well aware that the holiday season soon gives way to tax season. More than 650 PICPA website visitors used the CPA Locator feature in December, and hundreds more are likely to follow suit in January and February. Now is the time to update your firm’s listing and review the most sought-after PICPA web pages of the past month:

• 2016: Best. Year. Ever.
  How would you sum up the camaraderie, accomplishments, and hard-to-describe awesomeness of PICPA members? We decided to let the pictures tell the story.
• What You Need to Know about Pennsylvania Tax Amnesty
  The Pennsylvania Tax Amnesty program doesn’t begin until April 21, 2017, but the Department of Revenue is working hard to preemptively educate practitioners. John Kaschak, CPA, offers guidance on the available resources.
• Tax Season Resources 
  For PICPA members only: 25 percent off the 2017 U.S. Master Tax Guide, 25 percent off ALM's Pennsylvania Tax Handbook 2017, free career center ads for per diem jobs, free access to the Wolters Kluwer CCH Tax Aware Center, and much more.
• Reimbursing Employee Health Ins. Costs 
  William Brown, CPA, poses a question to the PICPA Connect discussion board concerning a change to a health care law.
• Small Business. Big Success 
  Starting and managing a small business is a daunting proposition. Be your clients’ saving grace with this advice from CPAs who do small business best.
• Women to Watch Awards
  Do you know a woman who has demonstrated a talent for mentoring colleagues, a profound commitment to volunteer service, or an exceptional ability to lead, educate, and inspire? If so, nominate her by the Jan. 31, 2017, deadline. Nominees must be members of both the AICPA and PICPA.
• Q&A with the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
  View the full transcript of the 2016 Q&A session with the Department of Revenue. Topics include personal income tax, corporate tax, and sales and use tax.
• Revenue Department Releases Draft SUT Bulletin 
  At its Dec. 6 quarterly meeting with the PICPA, the Department of Revenue released for comment the draft of Sales & Use Tax Bulletin 2016-02. The draft proposes changing the procedure for handling large and complex sales and use tax refund petitions.