AT Think

While teaching depreciation to my individual taxation class at the community college, I paused and reflected upon why I love to teach this class so much.

Standard & Poor’s decision to lower the rating on U.S. debt from AAA to AA+ after the debt limit deal generated a lot of heat in Washington, with the political parties blaming each other, and administration officials pointing the finger of blame at S&P.

A group of Indian American organizations has written to President Obama, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking for relief on penalties for failing to report foreign bank account holdings in India.

Virginia high school students have responded favorably to a new online financial literacy course, according to a survey by the Genworth Foundation, the program’s sponsor, and program designer EverFi, Inc.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has decided to withdraw a request for $1.1 million in government incentives for keeping its employees in the firm’s Tampa offices, after a controversy erupted over whether the firm ever planned to leave town in the first place.

Regional CPA firm SS&G raised more than $26,000 June 21 for its 14th Annual memorial Golf Classic benefiting the Cleveland and Greater East Ohio Area chapters of the Alzheimer’s Association.

CPAs sometimes need to struggle with ethical dilemmas when their clients bring messy problems to their door.

Have you earned a credential that is well-respected in the accounting profession? If you have, be sure to put it right after your name at the top of your resume. Why?

Staff from the Boston and Glastonbury, Conn., offices of CPA firm CCR will compete to be the first office to “walk” to San Francisco as part of the firm’s new Wellness Trek to San Francisco.

Atrium Staffing has noticed more companies hiring accountants, particularly from CPA firms.