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The American Institute of CPAs has been promoting financial literacy in recent years through efforts like its 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy site and its Feed the Pig campaign with public service announcements encouraging consumers to save more money.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a new tax guide to help taxpayers and tax preparers get the most out of new recovery tax breaks and get a jump on preparing 2009 income tax returns.

The Private Company Financial Reporting Committee met Thursday and Friday with the Financial Accounting Standards Board to hear about the progress of the latest projects affecting privately held and small businesses.

Fifty-seven percent of the senior business executives surveyed by KPMG’s Tax Governance Institute expect some type of value-added tax to be introduced in the U.S. within five years, and 18 percent anticipate a VAT within 10 years.

Weaver is expanding its presence in the San Antonio market by merging with Edelman Arnold, starting Jan. 1.

College students get to do the coolest things – and yes, that includes those studying accounting.

If a company goes out of business, how will investors recoup their investments? How will lenders recover their loans? How will suppliers collect their accounts receivable? And how are CPAs affected by this?

A group of Democratic lawmakers has introduced legislation that would impose a tax on Wall Street securities transactions.

A lawsuit over Enron’s accounting fraud may have finally come to an end after eight years, mainly because there seems to be little prospect of collecting more damages.

The White House convened a jobs summit in which President Obama heard from business and union leaders about various proposals for reducing unemployment, including tax incentives for job creation.