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Volunteers from KPMG’s San Francisco office will be hosting 40 middle school students July 15 to work together in solving real internal and external business issues facing the Big Four’s audit, tax and consulting businesses.

It isn’t often that accountants are advised to put aside their copies of the Master Tax Guide and U.S. GAAP manual and turn to “Hamlet” and “Great Expectations” for guidance. But when it comes to unmasking potential fraudsters and embezzlers, the classics can offer some pointers.

The Ohio Society of CPAs has launched a new initiative to engage women CPAs and provide them with the resources to achieve greater success.

Accounting association BKR International announced an increase in the size of its international scholarships for accounting students in 2013, from individual awards of $2,000 to $3,000.

Northeast accounting and consulting firm Citrin Cooperman announced the 10 students recently awarded scholarships totaling $40,000 as part of the firm’s 9th Annual High School Accounting/Business Student Grant Program.

The late actor James Gandolfini’s untimely death last month at the age of 51 has apparently left his family facing a heavy estate tax bill, according to experts.

The profession is changing quickly—which was overtly evident at this year’s AICPA Practitioners Symposium and Tech+ Conference in Las Vegas. The "Cool Kids" have definitely made an impact.

The Swiss parliament’s recent rejection of a bill that would have provided a solution to Swiss banks’ stand-off with U.S. tax authorities leaves U.S. taxpayers with a lot of unanswered questions about what will happen next.

Mid-Atlantic CPA and consulting firm KatzAbosch recently posted a video compilation of employees’ personal video responses to the new company vision statement.

As he tries to decide which NBA team to sign with next season, free agent Dwight Howard could be taking a close look at how much he will be paying in taxes in the different cities where he might play.