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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.

Did you know that I had a Radical CPE Event last week? It was totally successful but I will let the Twitter feed explain the day!

In an effort to aid Ohians struggling to make ends meet, regional CPA and consulting firm Rea & Associate's annual “Help Can Hunger” campaign raises food and monetary donations throughout their 11 offices across the state. This year, which marked the 11th year of the food drive, more than 24,900 pounds of food was collected to benefit people in need.

The AICPA announced on Monday that students from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas have earned first place in the 2014 AICPA Accounting Competition, earning a $5,000 award for their school.

SocialCPAs and Inovautus Consulting have released the results of their annual survey of how accounting firms use social media, and the results are not encouraging.

Dr. Jason Selk, former director of mental training for the St. Louis Cardinals and a nationwide performance coach, outlined his method of mental toughness as a keynote speaker at the BKR International Worldwide Meeting in San Francisco this past October.