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Highlights of the month in public accounting

The American Institute of CPAs marked the 125th anniversary of its founding during its Spring Meeting of Council.

Large commercial banks have decided that public accounting firms, despite their typically modest borrowing needs, are highly desirable customers.

Highlights in tax news

Three bills before Congress could offer small businesses some tax help.

Highlights from the world of accounting technology

Our latest case studies show what accounting firms can do with mobile applications.

Highlights from the world of accounting software resellers

Highlights in auditing and assurance from the last month

Other companies' and countries' experiences offer useful lessons in preparing your clients for adopting IFRS

the trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation's board of trustees voted in late May to establish a new Private Company Council that will determine whether exceptions or modifications to U.S. GAAP for privately held companies are necessary -- and gathered crucial support from various professional bodies, most notably the American Institute of CPAs.

Robert Pozen suggests an alternative to audit firm rotation

The House and Senate passed a highway bill Friday that contains provisions to prevent a doubling of the interest rates for subsidized Stafford student loans.

An outside advisory committee to the Internal Revenue Service is asking the agency to reinforce its standards for security, privacy and fraud prevention, including “phantom prepared” returns.

Fitch Ratings said that two recently released pension accounting and financial reporting standards from the Governmental Accounting Standards Board are generally positive for state and local governments.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board held a daylong meeting to gauge reaction to its proposal for mandatory audit firm rotation.

Well, now we know the answer. The individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which the Administration has variously said was a both a tax and not a tax, is, in fact, a tax. That’s what the Supreme Court has called it, as a reason for finding it constitutional.

The House Judiciary Committee’s Crime Subcommittee held a hearing Thursday on the growing problem of identity theft and income tax preparation fraud.

The Internal Revenue Service mails lien notices to taxpayers in a timely manner as required by law, but does not always follow its own regulations for notifying taxpayer representatives and processing undelivered lien notices, according to a new report.