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Concerns are mounting among finance professionals at companies around the world about declining incomes in their businesses, according to a new survey.

Accounting firm network Baker Tilly International reported Thursday that combined global revenues of its member firms around the world grew 7 percent in the 12 months ending June 2015 to US$3.8 billion.

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute of Management Accountants to advance the management and disclosure of nonfinancial information in corporate reports.

More than 100 members of the Georgia Society of CPAs recently visited the state Capitol to press elected officials on legislative issues.

O’Connor Davies has renamed itself PKF O’Connor Davies as it takes on an expanded role in PKF International, becoming the lead North American firm in the network.

The American Institute of CPAs has sent comments to the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department asking for changes in the IRS’s draft Form 8971, Information Regarding Beneficiaries Acquiring Property from a Decedent, and draft instructions.

Alex Malley, the chief executive of CPA Australia, a professional organization for accountants in the Land Down Under, has gotten a high-profile new gig: hosting a Sunday morning TV series on a top TV network there.

The American Institute of CPAs is encouraging firms to modernize the way they conduct audits by using data analytics technology and working to improve the way employee benefit plan audits are conducted in response to a critical Labor Department report.

American Institute of CPAs president and CEO Barry Melancon said the AICPA is pushing the Internal Revenue Service to improve its services for both taxpayers and CPAs while preparing to become a more international organization.

The American Institute of CPAs is planning to host a combined financial planning and accounting conference called AICPA Engage.