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The AICPA has recognized Michael Goodman, founder of the Manhattan-based Wealthstream Advisors, as the recipient of the 2014 Personal Financial Planning Distinguished Service Award.

Accountants who offer business valuation services can bring in new business for their practices, although perhaps not as frequently as they would get from more familiar bread-and-butter services.

Last Thursday, BKR International announced the recipients of its annual International Scholarship, awarded to accounting students who look to be successful future leaders. Winners from around the globe received $3,000 to put towards obtaining their professional credentials.

A new report finds that every state tax system, with the exception of the District of Columbia, taxes its poorest residents at significantly higher tax rates than the wealthiest 1 percent of taxpayers.

The AICPA and American Accounting Association (AAA), the founding co-sponsors of the Pathways Commission on Accounting Higher Education, announced major developments in the implementation of the Commission’s recommendations on Thursday.

This morning, the AICPA released the results of their PFSi (Personal Financial Satisfaction Index)—a new gauge that weighs a variety of economic factors to calculate the financial standing of typical Americans. The findings saw an overall financial satisfaction into positive territory for the first time since the financial crisis.

Four of the International Federation of Accountants’ standard-setting boards are looking for new members with the right stuff.

The IMA (Institute of Management Accountants) announced last Friday the launch of the new IMA Accounting Honor Society (IAHS), created to support and acknowledge outstanding accounting students attending accredited colleges or universities both nationally and abroad.

WithumSmith+Brown can always be counted on to release a fun video every year to coincide with their annual State of the Firm celebration, and this year the firm pulled out all the stops.

The AICPA is set to release the results of the AICPA PFSi (Personal Financial Satisfaction Index), a new economic gauge that measures the personal financial standing of typical Americans, at 7:00 a.m. EST, Thursday, January 15.