Tax experts agree: adjusting to new accounting standards and the effects of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act can make the nonprofit world more confusing – and challenging. Here are some tips to help ensure your nonprofit, one of more than 13,000 operating in Pennsylvania, maintains the strong financial backing it needs to continue its meaningful work while meeting today’s state and federal regulations.

Sarah Williams, 55, recently joined Penn State Dickinson Law as assistant professor of law, and will be teaching federal securities regulation, financial statement fundamentals, professional responsibility and property.

Two employees of Boyer & Ritter LLC have been elected principal owners of the East Pennsboro Township-based accounting firm.

Stephen Gift, 63, founded Gift CPAs (formerly Gift and Associates) in 1984 and is today its managing member. The firm was named the 2019 large practice Accounting Firm of the Year by the Professional Association of Small Business Accountants. Gift CPAs has offices in five midstate locations, including Mechanicsburg and Harrisburg.

Cumberland County accounting and business consulting firm Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz has acquired RLH CPAs & Business Advisors in Hanover, expanding its office footprint in Central Pennsylvania and into Maryland.

A former staff accountant at RKL LLP is returning to the Manheim Township, Lancaster County-based accounting firm as its CFO.