Accounting education

The American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants intend to officially launch their new Chartered Global Management Accountant credential on January 31.

The Institute of Certified Management Accountants, the certification division of the Institute for Management Accountants, launched the new simplified Chinese language version of its two-part Certified Management Accountant exam.

The New Jersey Society of CPAs said Friday that a number of candidates for the CPA Exam in New Jersey have had their applications rejected by CPA Examination Services because of confusion over whether they had met the necessary education requirements.

FAMILIES CHANGE HOW THEY PAY FOR COLLEGE

Online CPE provider CPE Link has partnered with Sage North America to offer selected Sage product training via webcast.

A bipartisan trio of lawmakers have introduced a bill that would update the existing tax law to allow formerly homeless young people to pursue a four-year college education and still qualify for housing built with Low Income Housing Tax Credits.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has introduced a series of sales and use tax courses on its Checkpoint Learning system.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy plans to launch an enhanced Uniform CPA Examination Online Application System in the 32 jurisdictions supported by CPA Examination Services.

Online continuing professional education provider CPE Link has partnered with Alliott Group, a global alliance of accounting, law and consulting firms to provide content for Alliott members.

NASBA, AICPA PROPOSE CHANGES IN CPE STANDARDS

Families are increasingly relying on grants and scholarships to pay for spiralling tuitions at colleges and universities in the aftermath of the recession, according to a new study.

Thomson Reuters has begun offering a new series of webcasts to help companies with tax information reporting compliance.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the American Institute of CPAs have proposed revising the standards for continuing professional education to provide greater flexibility for online learning and self-study.

CPE Link has added new features to its Firm CPE Center online software to better manage staff registrations for continuing professional education courses at accounting firms.

Fifty-eight percent of parents don’t have a college education fund established for their children, according to a new survey.

CPA-focused technology education and consulting firm CPA Crossings released a new tablet-based learning model utilizing the Apple iPad on Tuesday.

The U.S. CPA Exam was successfully administered at five international test sites: Japan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates.

The advent of the computer-based Uniform CPA Exam in 2004 threw CPA firms and their young staff for a loop, as the regimented accountability of a bi-annual pencil-and-paper sitting was replaced with a more continuous completion timeline.

The CFA Institute, the administrator of the CFA and CIPM exam programs, has partnered with IASeminars, a provider of IFRS training, to offer a series of IFRS programs.

Four in five Americans believe the average level of student loan debt is too high to justify going to college, according to a new survey.