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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.

CPA Australia recently announced the launch an educational app to help improve the financial literacy of children in Cambodia. In a partnership with Australian international aid organization CUFA, the CPA Australia Count4Kids Cambodia App was launched in Chhouk village, Kampong Chhnang province, in central Cambodia.

The Internal Revenue Service is taking a closer look at professional employer organizations to implement a recent law.

With Thanksgiving only a week away, and the holiday season right afterwards, the spirit of giving is in the air. But it might surprise some to learn that community service could also be helping one's career. According to a new Robert Half survey, approximately 41 percent of U.S. professionals said they volunteer outside of work.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has been working on ways to soup up its audit practice by leveraging data analytics technology.

The AICPA has found that women more often attain partnerships within the CPA profession at smaller firms - comprised of 20 accounting professionals or less - according to new research.

Earlier this month, marketing coaching and consulting firm ConvergenceCoaching released the final findings from their 2015 Anytime, Anywhere Work Survey results. The Work Survey sought to collect information about "the adoption of flexible work initiatives within public accounting firms." Convergence's latest findings asked firms what measures are being used to "gauge success [with staff] and how those play into a firm’s anytime, anywhere work culture."

Thomson Reuters has announced the winners of their second annual Taxologist Awards - a program that recognizes exceptional tax departments and professionals who impact their firms through tax technology.