The 100 Most Influential People in Tax and Accounting

I am honored to be included on the list of Accounting Today's 100 Most Influential People in Tax and Accounting for the eighth year in a row:

Caron once stood out as one of the few serious tax bloggers out there; now that there are a lot more tax blogs online, he stands out even more -- because they all refer to him and his near-comprehensive content.

Near-comprehensive?  In any event, I am flattered to be on the list with such high-powered people in the tax and accounting worlds, including:

• Max Baucus (Chair, Senate Finance Committee)
• Dave Camp (Chair, House Ways & Means Committee)
• Carol Campbell (Director, Return Preparer Office, IRS)
• Stephen Chipman (CEO, Grant Thornton)
• Loretta Doon (CEO, California Society of CPAs)
• James Doty (Chair, PCAOB)
• Joe Echevarria (CEO, Deloitte)
• George Farrah (Executive Editor, Tax & Accounting, Bloomberg BNA)
• J. Russell George (Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration)
• Charles Grassley (Member, Senate Finance Committee)
  
• Orin Hatch (Ranking Member, Senate Finance Committee)
• Barry Melancon (President & CEO, AICPA)
• Robert Mortiz (Chair, PriceWaterhouseCoopers)
• Caleb Newquist (Founding Editor, Going Concern)
• Barack Obama (President of the United States)
• Nina Olson (National Taxpayer Advocate, IRS)
• Brian Peccarelli (President, Tax & Accounting, Thomson Reuters)
• John Veihmeyer (Chair & CEO, KPMG)
• Mary Jo White (Chair, SEC)

(2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)