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From January 7-9, EY is holding their ninth annual Discover EY program and seventh annual Campus Diversity and Inclusiveness Roundtable in Manhattan, as part of their continuing effort to represent minorities in professional services.

The Tax and Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has released a list of states whose tax codes make it easiest for people to keep their New Year’s resolutions.

Becker Professional Education announced today the latest updates to its CPA Exam Review course and products. The changes includes an increase in both multiple-choice questions and simulations, new lectures, and hundreds more flashcards—all to ensure students prepare with the most up-to-date content on the CPA Exam.

The National Society of Accountants (NSA) Scholarship Foundation announced Tuesday that they are accepting scholarship applications from up-and-coming students across the country. Since its formation in 1969, the NSA Scholarship Foundation has awarded over $1 million to dedicated students pursuing a career in the profession.

German mobile app developer Hans Peter Ruehl has created Study Accounting, an app for the iPhone and iPad that aims to teach the basics of accounting to non-accountants.

Whether you are a managing partner, partner, director, senior manager, manager, or in any other role in a public accounting firm, you are typically required to meet certain goals or performance benchmarks to be deemed effective and competent in your role. However, simply meeting your billable hours or CPE requirements won’t get you to the next level.

James Schnurr, the recently appointed chief accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission, had an intriguing suggestion recently: why not allow U.S. companies to use International Financial Reporting Standards on a voluntary basis as a supplement to their U.S. GAAP financial statements?

The end of the year is traditionally the time when taxpayers rush to get their last-minute charitable contributions made so they can write off the deductions on their taxes before April 15.

Working virtually from home may have been semipopular at best a few years prior, but in soon-to-be 2015, the idea is gaining much more traction, especially amongst young CPA's and new-hires.

The Mercadien Group wrapped up its 14th annual holiday toy drive last Friday, in support of the Toys for Tots program, sponsored each year by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and Marine Toys for Tots Foundation.