Globalization, demographic shifts, technological advances, increased regulation and elevated cyber security are just some of the changes that are causing dramatic shifts in the way people live and work.

Nearly 900 attendees at the 9th annual NJSCPA Convention & Expo, which was held June 4-6 at Bally’s in Atlantic City, learned how the new normal is here to stay and heard how this constant state of change will affect careers, organizations and firms.

Intuit has notified users that it is dropping Intuit Online Practice Management. It was a product that was two years late in getting to market and has been on the market less than a year.

Two brothers, who are Canadian Chartered Accountants, have been barred from practicing before the SEC for failing to discover a Chinese client company had virtually no clients or sales. Bryce and Spence Walker were partners of the accounting firm DNTW Chartered Accountants when they audited the financial statements of Subaye from 2007 through December 2010.

Intuit is expected to announce this week, QuickBooks Connect, a first-time major conference that will draw accountants and small business owners. The event is scheduled to begin on October 21 through 23 in San Jose, Calif., and the company is reportedly talking about attendance of between 4,000 and 7,000, expected to include developers and entrerepeneurs getting ready to start businesses.