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The American Institute of CPAs has bestowed the Journal of Accountancy‘s Lawler Award on Professors Lee and Ray Knight for the best article of 2013. Their article, which appeared in the April 2013 issue, “Tax Considerations When Dividing Property in Divorce” presents the opportunities and challenges tax advisers face when they are diving marital estates.
Professor of Accountancy Lee Knight and her husband, Visiting Professor of Accountancy Ray Knight have published more than 20 articles in the Journal of Accountancy (JofA).
The Lawler Award is named for former JofA editor and AICPA senior vice president John L. Lawler. A board of editorial advisers chooses the winners each year.