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The AICPA believes taxpayers will be able to avoid penalties if they write “COVID-19” at the top of their return.

The annual poll gathers input on key performance indicators, management strategies, staffing and financial results from accounting practices across the country.

The Carbon Disclosure Project, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board, the Global Reporting Initiative, the International Integrated Reporting Council and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board will work on a common set of disclosures.

The American Institute of CPAs honored five ethnic minority accounting students with scholarships worth up to $20K each for pursuing the CPA license.

The American Institute of CPAs has received an increasing number of questions on sustainability assurance engagements.

The CPA Success Index estimates students’ progress toward completing all four parts of the exam in 18 months.

In the first stage, licensed firms have 60 days to apply.

The hiring of accounting graduates by CPA firms has declined nearly 30 percent in recent years, and Illinois CPA Society president and CEO Todd Shapiro hopes to reverse that trend.

The funds will support the AICPA’s William (Bill) Ezzell Scholarship, which helps students earn their Ph.D. in accounting.

Ten high school students across the country will receive $2,000 each to continue their accounting studies into college.

The AICPA's Dynamic Audit Solution is on track to transform the field; Sue Coffey of the American Institute of CPAs and Erik Asgeirsson of CPA.com offer an update on this ambitious project.

Four accounting academics were honored for their teaching and research during the 2020 American Accounting Association meeting.

The American Institute of CPAs has sent a letter to top officials asking for more guidance on the president's executive order.

Among the pandemic-related issues covered are how to handle the Paycheck Protection Program and other stimulus efforts.

President Donald Trump’s order to delay collection of payroll taxes thrusts a dilemma on U.S. companies: continue withholding the money from workers expecting bigger paychecks or pass it on and potentially put themselves or their employees at risk of a big end-of-year bill from the IRS.

The American Institute of CPAs granted $764,500 in academic scholarships to 150 students as part of its annual program for future CPAs.

The American Institute of CPAs joined with more than 170 organizations in asking congressional leaders to allow businesses to write off expenses associated with loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program.

The coronavirus pandemic has opened up a number of specific areas with potential for the profession, according to leaders at the AICPA.

The new scholarship will offer four students across two academic years $5,000 each to cover education-related expenses.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy voted to approve the CPA Evolution model, which it has been developing with the American Institute of CPAs, in an effort to require more technology skills from CPAs to pass the Uniform CPA Examination and qualify for state CPA licenses.