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According to a new survey published by accounting staffing agency Accountemps, nearly 98 percent of polled HR managers said that they would be willing to welcome back a returning employee who left on good terms. However, 52 percent of surveyed professionals said that it'd be unlikely they would apply for a job with a former employer.

The AICPA will be offering a webinar on cybersecurity governance and business risks this Friday, aimed to give professionals a better understanding of the various governance challenges and business risks cybersecurity poses for executives, board members and their advisors.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Accounting and Review Services Committee has issued an interpretation on reviews of financial statements.

Accounting Degree Review, an online resource for accounting education and related topics, recently released its ranking of the 30 most affordable graduate accounting programs for 2016. The ranking factored in accreditation and tuition costs for out-of-state students enrolling in the 2015-2016 academic year.

The Internal Revenue Service has been unable to get control of rampant identity theft this tax season, despite high-profile efforts to confront the problem with the help of private industry.

The USC Leventhal School of Accounting announced this week that they will be receiving a $15 million donation from investor Harlan Helvey (’64, MBA ’71). His gift will renovate the School's 1920s-era building to "state-of-the-art collaborative learning spaces and new integrated distance learning classrooms," per the University's website. The building will be also be renamed the "Harlan A. Helvey Hall" in his honor.

Millennials are more fearful of filing taxes than most Americans, according to a new survey.

The AICPA recently announced the launch of their Cybersecurity Resource Center - an online resource meant to supply professionals with the most up to date cybersecurity news, information, events, and resources, developed by the AICPA.

Husson University’s College of Business, in Bangor, ME, announced this week that their accounting students will be donating their time to help others file their appropriate state and federal tax forms by this year's deadline. Qualifying individuals must have an income of less than $62,000 per year for the pro bono service.

Audit committees need to have oversight of risks to their organizations from third parties such as suppliers, distributors, sales people and service providers, according to a new report.