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Seventeen-year-old Sean Lawrence earned a $120,000 college scholarship through the H&R Block Budget Challenge - a financial literacy program that rewards high school students for mastering personal finance - the company announced Monday.

H&R Block is looking for accountants, bookkeepers and salespeople to join its recently launched Block Small Business service.

Recently I was asked if I could provide some reasons for my success.

CPA.com president and CEO Erik Asgeirsson talks about a recent executive roundtable that CPA.com and the AICPA hosted with technology developers who cater to accountants, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland, also known as CPA Ireland, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Association of Certified Accountants and Auditors of Belarus, further extending the Institute’s international network and influence in Europe.

The American Institute of CPAs has created a new membership section for practitioners and others who serve or work for the not-for-profit sector.

A site that is used to process tax forms for nonprofit organizations on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service recently suffered a data breach.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation division has created a cybercrime unit to combat the growing trend of identity theft-related tax fraud as the problem morphs into data breaches and becomes more international in scope.

SalesVu, the recently launched mobile ERP solution, offers a range of remote management capabilities for small business customers via its POS app for iPhone and iPad.

Karen Hawkins, director of the IRS’s Office of Professional Responsibility, is stepping down in July from her position, which probes Circular 230 violations by tax practitioners.