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The American Institute of CPAs, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and Prometric are marking the 10th anniversary of computer-based testing for the uniform CPA exam.

Xero reported 83 percent revenue growth from last year for the company’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, with operating revenue increasing to $57.6 million.

House Republicans are showing no sign that they’ll move forward legislation the Senate passed restoring benefits for the long-term unemployed.

The Marketplace Fairness Act, which was supposed to finally settle the question of how states can tax online sales, appears to have stalled in Congress after passing the Senate last year.

Seventy-four percent of U.S. adults believe they are worse off or about the same financially as they were a year ago, according to a new survey for the American Institute of CPAs by Harris Poll, but stress levels about finances have not increased in the past year.

PricewaterhouseCoopers completed its acquisition of Booz & Co. last week, renaming the management consulting firm as Strategy& (pronounced “Strategy and”).

Kenneth Ames, tax advisory partner with southern California CPA firm White Nelson Diehl Evans, received a National Service to Youth Award from the California Boys & Girls Club of America for his 10 years of service on the Carlsbad club’s board of directors.

The Financial Accounting Foundation has released a version of the GASB Governmental Accounting Research System for use on tablet devices.

The Internal Revenue Service said that a qualified tax professional who has a Form 8821, Tax Information Authorization, on file may now request a client’s account transcript using the Transcript Delivery System.

There’s been a shift in our industry over the past 20 years to commoditize mainstream accounting services.