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Personal professional development should be very important to those in the accounting field who wish to grow, advance their career, and find satisfaction and success.

The National Society of Accountants Scholarship Foundation is now accepting undergraduate applicants for its 2013-14 program.

Kate Hashimoto, CPA, knows how to save money, even if it means getting food from the dumpster outside the local supermarket.

Now that your last deadline has passed for 2012, it’s time to focus on 2013. Between now and the end of the year, CPA firms have a great deal of opportunity to generate opportunities with existing clients.

A new Web site set up by the Democratic National Committee called RomneyTaxPlan.com highlights the lack of detailed information about the plan.

The American Institute of CPAs has started accepting entries for its 2012-13 Project Innovation: Competition of Creative Excellence, which challenges high school students to develop a hit TV show about the accounting profession.

The controversy over the United Kingdom’s quickly shelved proposal for a “pasty tax” on freshly baked take-out foods is threatening to be reignited now that a judge has ruled there should be a value-added tax imposed on toasted subs and meatball marinara sandwiches from the fast food chain Subway.

CollegeFrog, an online community that connects accounting firms to students, will be hosting a virtual recruiting event Oct. 29-Nov. 2.

You may now have the best excuse in recent history to meet with your clients about year-end planning.

The Institute of Management Accountants has announced the winners of its two academic awards, the 2012 Emerging Scholar and IECJ Case Competition.