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Three-quarters of companies plan to give employees holiday bonuses this year, up from 67 percent last year, according to a new survey of 500 HR and hiring managers by the staffing company Accounting Principals.

With the presidential election just around the corner, the American Institute of CPAs is detecting signs of renewed optimism in individuals’ financial outlook.

Ohio Wesleyan University announced this week that their Woltemade Center for Economics, Business and Entrepreneurship is launching a new Accounting Fellows program, which will provide students with the chance to "link academic theory with real-world practice," per a statement.

Multinational corporations could end up shifting even more of their income to low-tax countries under some tax reform proposals, according to a new study.

This week, during the 12th annual CCH Connections User Conference in Washington, D.C., Wolters Kluwer unveiled a number of updates to CCH Axcess, the cloud-based, modular tax workflow solution suite.

The American Institute of CPAs is broadening the range of services to which its Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services apply, covering not only reviews of financial statements, but also preparation of financial statements and compilation of prospective financial information.

On Tuesday morning, at Wolters Kluwer's CCH Connections User Conference in Washington, D.C., Bill Sheridan, chief communications officer at the Maryland Association of CPAs (MACPA), gave his presentation titled, "A Crisis of Competency: The 'Skills Gap' and What It Means for Business." Sheridan's session focused on the skills young professionals need to succeed in a "changing and complex world."

On Monday morning, Wolters Kluwer began their 2016 CCH Connections User Conference in Washington, D.C. with a keynote address from Jason Marx, CEO of Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting North America. Marx presented important details from the 2016 Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting survey and white paper, “Game Plan for the Future: Are You and Your Clients in Sync?”

The millennial generation is expected to make up more than half the workforce over the next decade, but finding enough of them to staff accounting departments is proving to be a challenge for many companies.

The ride-hailing apps Uber and Lyft now account for over 50 percent of claims for ground transportation expenses on T&E reports, according to a new estimate.