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The AICPA announced the launch of a new site today, cpapowered.org, which emphasizes the value CPAs can provide to the nation’s 28 million small businesses on strategic planning, compliance reporting and financial management. It is an expansion of the AICPA’s "#CPAPOWERED campaign," created last year to highlight CPAs’ expertise.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board have been holding a series of meetings of their Joint Transition Resource Group as they prepare for implementation of their converged standard on revenue recognition.

Established in 2011, the program was launched by NASBA’s Education Committee and aims to advance research on educational issues impacting CPAs, the public accounting profession, and Boards of Accountancy’s charge to protect the public.

The Internal Revenue Service is facing not only a budget crunch this tax season, but also rampant identity theft.

Earlier this month, PwC US launched CareerAdvisor, a free, customizable tool that will help emerging professionals discover their unique interests and professional goals as they prepare to enter the job market.

Following eight months of submissions and research considering the desires of both students and employers, Bellevue College (WA) will offer a new four-year degree opportunity starting as early as this fall (with a second possible program premiering the subsequent Fall), according to the Bellevue Reporter.

Accountants need to make sure they are keeping their clients' files safe, especially during tax season when the threat of identity theft only seems to be getting more prevalent every year.

It is 2015. We live in a digital world. Security breaches are everywhere from Target, to Sony, to Blue Cross, but that doesn't mean we stop using technology and go backwards.

On Monday, the AICPA announced that Cathy Engelbert will serve as the new CEO of Deloitte, effective March 11, replacing interim chief executive officer Frank Friedman.

Financial Executives International has sent a letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board taking issue with FASB’s recent proposed changes in the accounting standards for income taxes.