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As CPA firms and their clients continue to adapt to the cloud and innovations in practice management, the Digital CPA Conference, celebrating its fourth year, looks to help CPAs stay on top of the tech that drives business in 2015.

The AICPA announced on Monday the 2015 winners of three different accounting curriculum awards. Each award comprises the Effective Learning Strategies Awards, awarded annually to educators who demonstrate innovative teaching in one of three educational levels: introductory, upper level, and graduate.

The budget deal passed by Congress last month included a provision that would end some Social Security claiming strategies used by couples.

Conversations can make all the difference in the world. There are conversations that can change your perspective or conversations that freak you out so much you walk away and put your head back in the sand.

The AICPA announced last week that they will be working in conjunction with the Lebanese Association of Certified Public Accountants (LACPA) as part of their commitment to work with their Middle Eastern counterparts. The Institute will look to share their resources promoting professional expertise and enhanced quality of services.

Two-thirds of HR and hiring managers say their company plans to give monetary holiday bonuses this year, according to a new survey, with the average amount expected to be $858.

Interim CEOs engage in considerably more earnings manipulation than their permanent successors, according to a new study.

A new Accountemps survey found that about one in three professionals become more productive as the holiday season approaches. Thirty-two percent of polled workers said they become more productive the week before a major holiday, while twenty-two percent of professionals reported that their output decreases.

In contrast to the official government figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, small business employment remained relatively stagnant in October, according to Intuit, increasing only 0.01 percent.

The AICPA Peer Review Board announced on Wednesday that they’ve issued an exposure draft outlining proposed changes to their current standards for performing and reporting on peer reviews.