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The Institute of Management Accountants is looking to balance the more traditional focus on technical skills in new professionals.

BDO USA has added Hilton Consulting, a Virginia-based consulting firm that helps federal government agencies improve their financial and operational performance.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Financial Reporting Executive Committee has issued 11 new working drafts to help four different industries deal with the upcoming revenue recognition accounting standard.

The Internal Revenue Service overpaid more than 600 employees approximately $4.2 million and underpaid over 900 employees an estimated $2.7 million because of incorrect calculations of manager salaries, according to a new report.

The company exhibited added features for QuickBooks Online and collaborations with G Suite side by side with smart mirrors and augmented reality landscapes.

The IRS audited slightly more than 1 million returns of individuals in Fiscal Year 2016, down almost 16 percent from the prior year’s 1.2 million, according to the latest IRS Data Book.

A new report from the Government Accountability Office questions the usefulness of services such as identity monitoring, credit monitoring and identity theft insurance, particularly when it comes to safeguarding against tax refund fraud.

The Internal Revenue Service has seen a proliferation in the past 24 hours of a phishing email seeking to steal tax practitioners’ usernames and passwords for the IRS's online services.

The second-largest Swiss wealth manager faces a sweeping tax evasion and money laundering investigation spanning five countries and potentially involving thousands of account holders.

Withum partners with Orlando tech leaders to mentor early-stage companies; Grassi & Co. adds compliance advisors; and more news from CPA offices across the country.

RSM names national consulting leader; Deloitte appoints head to banking and securities practice; and other recent hires, promotions and personnel news from firms across the country.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice explaining how small businesses can take advantage of a new option allowing them to apply a portion or all of their research credit against their payroll tax liability, instead of their income tax liability.

Financial statement audits are helping companies improve their performance, according to a new survey by Deloitte.

The look will create a unified look-and-feel for the institute, CIMA, and their global joint venture.

The Big Four firm's "Access Your Potential" initiative will look to close the financial skills gap in disadvantaged youth.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has tapped Deloitte partner Sagar S. Teotia as deputy chief accountant in the SEC's Office of the Chief Accountant.

The Top 100 firm is adding a cybersecurity company based in Lexington, Ky., effective April 1.

The software provider was included on PwC’s list of fastest growing cloud companies.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to retain PricewaterhouseCoopers as its official Oscar ballot accounting firm, despite the high-profile snafu last month in which the wrong Best Picture winner was announced.

Super Bowl LI offered us many surprises this year, not the least of which was the New England Patriots’ incredible comeback. However, as a practicing CPA and attorney working exclusively in tax representation, I was taken aback with something else, as I’m sure many tax practitioners were: H&R Block, Jon Hamm and IBM’s “Watson.”