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As if the tax and accounting business itself wasn’t busy enough, demand is also up for teachers of college-level accounting courses.

Managers in accounting, finance and IT are looking to strengthen their hiring plans for the rest of the year, according to a new hiring forecast from recruiting company Brilliant.

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Earlier this month the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules regarding the registration of municipal advisors under the Dodd-Frank Act that included an exemption for accountants who provide a range of audit and attest services.

The Private Company Council has released the agenda of its next public meetings, which are scheduled for September 30 and October 1.

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has created a corporate pilot program to guide companies on how to use the board’s standards to report material sustainability issues in their SEC filings.

Income per equity partner at the nation’s CPA firms jumped 5.5 percent in 2012, climbing to $386,000, according to the recently released 2013 Rosenberg MAP Survey.

Income per equity partner at the nation’s CPA firms jumped 5.5 percent in 2012, climbing to $386,000, according to the recently released 2013 Rosenberg MAP Survey.

Thomson Reuters has released PPC’s SMART Practice Aids – Audit Essential on its Thomson Reuters Checkpoint online research service.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that foreign private issuers who prepare their financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards do not have to submit interactive data files until the SEC decides on a suitable XBRL taxonomy.

Big Four firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has been hired by BlackBerry Ltd. to evaluate the struggling Canadian smartphone maker for potential buyers, according to two people with knowledge of the move.

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Accountants don’t think their small-business clients are prepared for the Affordable Care Act, according to a recent survey.

The accounting profession’s expectations for economic growth dropped somewhat this month, according to the September edition of Accounting Today’s monthly Accountants Confidence Index.

A former Commerzbank AG and Societe Generale SA banker admitted in a U.S. court to aiding Olympus Corp.’s $1.7 billion accounting fraud.

The International Organization of Securities Commissions and the IFRS Foundation said Wednesday that they have agreed on a set of protocols under which the two organizations will deepen their cooperation to develop International Financial Reporting Standards and apply it consistently across the globe.

The United Kingdom’s Financial Reporting Council has launched an investigation into whether PricewaterhouseCoopers’ U.K. firm was independent when it conducted an audit of a company on which one of its former partners later joined the board.

The Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, the main advisory group for the Financial Accounting Standards Board, has released the results of a recent survey soliciting views about FASB’s future agenda, revealing pent-up demand for addressing issues such as financial disclosures, hedging and simplification of FASB’s Codification of U.S. GAAP.

Accounting Today has chosen its list of the Best Firms to Work For in 2013.

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