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Credit cards are dangerous for everyone, but are especially dangerous for college students who are lured by freebies to sign up on their campus. The Illinois CPA Society has provided some tips on how to use credit cards responsibly.

The news this week about the massive hacking and identity theft of credit card data should raise concerns at CPA firms about how good a job they’re doing at protecting client information.

The drive to converge accounting standards globally seems to be hitting some unexpected snags, not only in the U.S., but other parts of the world.

The American Institute of CPAs is conducting a study on the best practices of CPA wealth advisors to understand what makes the most successful ones stand out from the pack.

Mint.com has upgraded its online personal financial planning service with a set of enhanced budgeting tools.

In an effort to reduce the state’s monstrous budget shortfall, revenue officials in California have begun slapping stiff new fines on income tax scofflaws who use frivolous tax arguments to avoid paying their share.

CFOs and senior-level accountants anticipate spending more of their time five years from now on non-accounting functions, according to a new survey.

Cougar Mountain Software has teamed up with Dundas Data Visualization to develop a financial dashboard for its general ledger software.

The Internal Revenue Service has set Wednesday, Sept. 2, as the second date in a series of public forums to discuss performance standards for tax preparers.

Accounting and financial services provider LECG plans to merge with Smart Business Advisory & Consulting in a deal valued at $25 million in cash and $39.9 million in stock.