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Small business employment growth and compensation picked up in October with a strong uptick in hours worked, according to a new payroll report from Intuit.

Students and young CPAs interested in learning more about what the accounting profession has in store for a future career can now read all about it in a new book published by the American Institute of CPAs.

The bi-partisan panel appointed in February by PresidentObama and charged with reducing the mammoth U.S, deficit, has released a draftproposal calling for billions in spending cuts as well as overhauling the taxcode in an effort to cut U.S. debt down to 60 percent of GDP by 2024.

CCH vice president of sales Ray Barlow wrapped up the company’s sixth user conference in Orlando on Wednesday with a description of some of CCH’s plans for further development of its Web-based and on-premise products.

Chicago - Nearly half of the nation's chief financialofficers and senior controllers polled by global CPA and business advisory firmGrant Thornton say that the U.S. should not adopt international FinancialReporting Standards until after U.S. GAAP and IFRS have converged to the pointwhere the differences are inconsequential - a time frame of between five toseven years.

Cloud-based document storage and sharing solution provider SmartVault has released SmartVault Version 3.2, which boasts a new, custom-branded document portal as well as paperless workflow features.

IMGCAP(1)] It’s a game with real life lessons – today (Nov. 10) marks the day when fifth and sixth graders in 350 Ohio classrooms will get to make big spending, saving and budgeting decisions with help from CPAs and volunteers from The Ohio Society of CPAs.

Nearly one out of every eight dollars under professional management in the United States today — 12.2 percent of the $25.2 trillion in total assets under management tracked by Thomson Reuters Nelson — is involved in some strategy of socially responsible and sustainable investing, according to a new study.

CCH president and CEO Mike Sabbatis discussed the company’s recent survey of accounting firm clients during a keynote address Tuesday at the CCH User Conference, and noted the effects of recent headcount reductions at many of the nation’s top firms.

IMGCAP(1)]The recent recession touched all departments within companies, and information technology was not immune.