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In an effort to increase minority participation in the accounting profession, The Foundation for Accounting Education of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants is currently accepting applications for its COAP program.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board have been hashing out various issues surrounding fair value measurement, leases and other topics at a joint meeting this week.

Upstream Academy is launching a new business development program specifically targeted at new partners and senior managers.

A new survey of CFOs found that half of them intend to promote their top performers once the economy recovers.

Approximately 100 Syracuse, N.Y. high school students turned out for the annual World of Accounting event to learn all about accounting.

A disabled CPA in Naples, Fla., claims the golf club where she worked terminated her after she called attention to problems with the 401(k) program it administered for employees.

If you are an American Institute of CPAs student affiliate member and enrolled as a full-time undergrad or graduate student, you still have time to submit your application for a tuition scholarship.

IRS workers demonstrated bravery in helping each other escape from a burning building after a deranged pilot crashed his plane into their facility in Austin, Texas, last month.

Four accounting majors from Montana spent their spring break in remote Alaskan villages preparing tax returns for residents.

Elderly clients are wondering what to do about the temporary disappearance of the estate tax this year, and it’s a good idea for accountants to inform them about some of the options.