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Is it getting hot in here? A new report released by the American Institute of CPAs aims to educate CPA firms and college professors about the skills required to get into forensic accounting – a niche that is getting increasingly popular with younger CPAs.

With the economy still struggling to emerge into full recovery mode, a recent court ruling could mean good news for companies and laid-off employees: the ability to claim tax refunds connected to severance pay.

IMGCAP(1)] What happens when your firm freaks out and prevents access to social media sites like Twitter and Facebook? Generational expert Rebecca Ryan of Next Generation Consulting has a few ideas. Those who think networking online is the root of all evil may want to sit down.

FinancialForce.com has introduced an add-on to its Web-based accounting software that gives the system Facebook-like social networking features and could represent a new paradigm for accounting software.

Twenty-one CPAs under the age of 40 from around the state of Kansas have been selected as the second batch of participants for KSCPA’s “20 up to 40” Leadership Program.

The company that develops the Coda Financials software has been dealing with a lot of changes recently.

Accounting and advisory firm Baker Tilly has received a global award that recognizes organizations which have developed “effective and efficient” approaches to employee learning – resulting in a boost of business improvement.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed new rules that would alter the disclosure, reporting and offering process governing asset-backed securities in an effort to better protect investors in the securitization market.

First-year undergrads at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. have come up with 16 new businesses as part of a management and entrepreneurship course.

The Big Four’s affiliate firms in India may be circumventing the country’s laws by providing services such as auditing, tax, accounting and bookkeeping when they only have permission to do consulting, a powerful regulatory committee charges.