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The Illinois CPA Society announced on Thursday that they are now accepting scholarship applications for the 2016-17 academic year. Approximately 30 individual tuition and textbook scholarships will be available to college students who have demonstrated "hard work, academic success, and financial need," per the Society's announcement.

Business executives and other financial leaders' optimism concerning the U.S. economy has fallen to its lowest level in more than three years, according to the first quarter AICPA Economic Outlook Survey, released on Thursday. The Survey polls various CEOs, CFOs, controllers and other CPAs in U.S. companies who hold executive and senior management accounting roles.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting said it has been selected by the Internal Revenue Service to provide tax law and expert guidance and analysis handbooks to support the IRS staff in their research responsibilities.

KPMG announced on Wednesday that a team of students representing the University of Michigan are the U.S. national champions of the 2015-2016 KPMG International Case Competition (KICC) – the business case study competition open to select colleges and universities of business students.

The South Carolina Association of CPAs (SCACPA) has recently announced their sponsorship of the Children's Museum of the Upstate (TCMU) Finances for the Family Programming, by donating $10,000 to TCMU in support the program.

Bloomberg BNA has published a special report to help accountants prepare for the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new leasing standard.

A number of the nation’s leading accounting and consulting firms have been named amongst the 2016 “NAFE Top Companies for Executive Women” by the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE). The award recognizes American corporations that have moved women into their top executive positions and created a culture that helps further the careers of talented women.

The AICPA will announce the results of the next quarter of its Economic Outlook Survey a measure of the U.S. economy and key business performance categories for the coming year, at 7:00 a.m. EST, this Thursday, March 3.

For the second consecutive year, ADP is offering accountants and their small-business clients free access to the ADP HR HelpDesk this tax season.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale announced the winners of their 2016 Accounting Challenge last week, reports local Missouri affiliate KFVS12. The competition, now in its 18th year, was held February 19 at SIUC's School of Accountancy and consisted of approximately 300 high school students from more than 20 schools, as well as three area community colleges.