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The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued implementation guidance containing questions and answers to clarify some of its recent standards.

The American Institute of CPAs plans to e-mail out ballots to CPAs the week of April 18, immediately after tax season, to vote on a proposal to set up an Association of International CPAs in partnership with the London-based Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice delaying the estate basis reporting due date from March 31 until June 30, 2016.

The Internal Revenue Service has revised Form 3115, Application for Change in Accounting Method, and its instructions, for the first time since 2009.

PricewaterhouseCoopers had a big, expensive problem. Turnover, especially among younger employees, was "dreadful," says Carol Sawdye, the company’s vice chairman and chief financial officer.

New hires, you're on watch: According to a new Robert Half Finance & Accounting survey, a majority (54 percent) of CFOs said that their new hires have one to less than three months to prove themselves in their roles. Another 9 percent of CFOs expect new blood to prove themselves in less than a month.

With every aspect of the profession in flux, accounting firms need to get much better at adapting and evolving

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The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee is calling on the Internal Revenue Service, the Treasury Department and the Justice Department to return funds wrongly seized from taxpayers during civil asset forfeitures.

Bill O'Connell of ADP talks about how accountants can help their business clients protect their computer security, in an interview with Dan Hood of Accounting Today.