Accounting education

Kayla J. Gillan, a former deputy chief of staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission and founding member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, has been tapped to lead PricewaterhouseCoopers’ new Investors’ Resource Institute.

Japanese accountants are registering to take the U.S. CPA Exam as a way to increase their international employment options, according to a new survey.

The Institute of Management Accountants and the American Accounting Association’s Management Accounting Section have teamed up on an accounting educational framework that they hope will be used to re-orient undergraduate and MBA accounting curricula to match on-the-job demands.

The Internal Revenue Service is giving tax preparers a chance to make up their continuing education hours if they didn’t complete all of the required hours by the end of last year.

Ernst & Young is hosting a three-day leadership development event in New York this week to attract more young accounting students from minority backgrounds to join the firm.

The New York State Society of CPAs has introduced a new CPE discount program that provides more continuing education options to small and midsize CPA firms.

People who are interested in learning forensic accounting and economic crime investigation have found it has become much easier to do today.

The head of the Internal Revenue Service told lawmakers that if Congress fails to extend the traditional patch for the Alternative Minimum Tax, approximately 60 million Americans could be affected and about 33 million taxpayers could pay the AMT for tax year 2012.

The Institute of Management Accountants and John Wiley & Sons have released the 2013 Wiley CMA Learning System (CMA LS) and Online Intensive Review product suite.

Only 22 percent of corporate finance and accounting executives are satisfied with the training options available to their employees, according to a new survey by KPMG.

John Wiley & Sons has acquired Efficient Learning Systems, an e-learning system provider that specializes in professional finance and accounting, for $24 million.

Technology adoption and its role in improving client accounting for CPA firms is one of the primary drivers behind CPA2Biz’s current efforts as the technology services subsidiary of the American Institute of CPAs has released a Learning Management Systems (LMS) white paper around the topic.

The Institute of Internal Auditors has released the syllabus for qualifying for its new Certification in Risk Management Assurance.

An AP accounting course could be a global passport to the profession

The CPA test is one of the most difficult professional credential examinations where the average passing rate is one of the lowest in any professional qualification test.

The American Institute of CPAs is teaming up with XBRL US to develop a certificate program focused on U.S. GAAP reporting in Extensible Business Reporting Language format.

College students and their families could save up to $2,500 a year if they save receipts for necessary expenses such as textbooks and other course materials.

Tax credits and deductions for education are too complicated and so confusing that most taxpayers cannot determine which provisions are best for them, the American Institute of CPAs said in written testimony to the Senate Finance Committee.

The International Accounting Education Standards Board has drafted a proposed revision of its standards for the professional development of audit engagement partners.

Odds have now turned against those hoping that the health care law passed in 2010 will "just go away."