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The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the American Institute of CPAs are proposing to revise the standards for continuing professional education for accountants, adding new methods for “blended learning” combining live classes and online study, and “nano-learning” in short 10-minute segments.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year again—Accounting Today’s VAR 100 list, ranking the top value-added resellers of accounting and accounting-related software by revenue.

Any major changes to private equity’s most favored tax break won’t happen until 2017, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said.

I recently had the opportunity to speak at a small business workshop called “My Job to M.O.B.”. It was a three-day conference held in Chicago focusing on those who were interested in “my own business” planning. What was my biggest takeaway? CPAs are not informing, helping, servicing, delivering, and, much less delighting their clients.

In 2013, property taxes on real and personal property owned or leased by businesses accounted for the largest share of total state and local business taxes in the U.S.

House Ways and Means Committee chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., explained his tax reform plans Tuesday during a speech before the American Institute of CPAs at the AICPA’s Spring Meeting of Council in Washington, D.C.

Many tax preparers find themselves correcting goofs from clients’ previous preparers.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting’s CCH Small Firm Services has launched a new product bundle that combines tax preparation software with a range of other tools.

A new survey has revealed that the economic outlook among small businesses is “somewhat positive,” the same as it was a year ago at this time.

Intuit’s Accountant and Advisor Group is celebrating Global Accountant Day May 20, with festivities extended to more than a week.