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CPA firm management consultants Rita Keller of Keller Advisors and Gary Adamson of Adamson Advisory have introduced SurveyCPA, a set of survey tools designed for the accounting profession.

Victims of convicted Ponzi scheme fraudster Bernard Madoff will be receiving nearly $2.5 billion in checks that were mailed Wednesday, according to the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.

Four out of 10 C-suite executives admit that their companies are missing performance targets and growth opportunities due to ineffective talent management, according to a new report by the American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

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Todd Boslau was recently promoted to partner at Top 100 Firm ParenteBeard LLC.

The Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs has begun publishing a mobile version of its venerable magazine, the Pennsylvania CPA Journal.

The CPA test is one of the most difficult professional credential examinations where the average passing rate is one of the lowest in any professional qualification test.

Tax business owners, as well as small businesses in general, are focusing more on such Internet marketing techniques as e-commerce and social media even while relying on such traditional methods as networking and targeted advertising to attract new clients, according to Chuck McCabe, CEO of The Income Tax School Inc.

The Financial Accounting Foundation’s board of trustees appointed former NASBA chairman Billy Atkinson as chairman of the new Private Company Council, and named the other members of the new council, which will be able to recommend and vote on changes to accounting standards for privately held companies.