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The Financial Accounting Standards Board is expected to release its long-awaited lease accounting standard Thursday.

20 Ontario students made Canada's Common Final Examination's (CFE) Honour Roll for top marks on the first year of the CPA entry examinations in the country, CPA Ontario announced on Wednesday. The CFE marks the first time that Canadian test-takers can become CPAs by passing a single examination.

The Internal Revenue Service is planning a massive public auction in Overland Park, Kansas, on Thursday of a mind-blowing set of rock & roll memorabilia, including autographed records from Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin, a 10-piece drum set from Anthrax, an autographed guitar from Joe Walsh of the Eagles, Nirvana items, a guitar from Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue, and Stevie Ray Vaughn’s shoes.

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.