Accounting students said career opportunities would be their primary consideration when choosing an employer, according to a new survey by KPMG.

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Accounting schools are scrambling to stay ahead of the IFRS curve.

"Women have been in the profession in equal numbers to men for more than 20 years, yet women represent just 19 percent of the U.S. public accounting shareholder/partner population."

Intuit is cutting the price of its Online Payroll service for small businesses to $9.95 per month for a limited time.

The American Institute of CPAs will be one of the sponsors of CollegeWeekLive, a virtual job fair for college students scheduled for November 12-13.

ADP has beefed up its RUN payroll service for accountants who process payroll for their small business clients, adding new security and data entry features and more payment options.

Thomson Reuters' Tax & Accounting business unveiled Service Bureau Payroll CS, aimed at high-volume payroll processors.

Private sector employment fell by 157,000 jobs last month, according to data from payroll giant ADP.

The American Accounting Association has launched AAACommons, an online social network and member community.

The College for Financial Planning plans to significantly expand its scholarship program to further support financial professionals facing the turbulent economic market.

Despite the financial crisis that has engulfed both Wall Street and Main Street, the demand for skilled accountants during tax season remains as strong as ever."Firms continue to hire skilled accountants and they continue to be in short supply," explained Jon Zion, president of eastern U.S. operations for Robert Half Finance & Accounting. "The unemployment rate for highly skilled finance and accounting professionals is 2.5 percent, while the overall unemployment rate is over 6 percent."

The Deloitte Foundation has announced the regional winners of the Deloitte Tax Case Study Competition, an interscholastic competition that brought together nearly 60 teams from colleges and universities in 11 cities across the country in October to tackle complex tax case studies.

Bankers and mortgage brokers may be facing slimmer pay packages, but accountants can expect something of a boost next year, according to a recent report on salaries.

Finance and accounting staff will receive an average salary boost of 3.4 percent next year despite the economic downturn, predicts recruiting company Robert Half International.

Payroll processor PayCycle said its 1099 MISC E-File service would be open for accounting professionals serving small business clients starting Jan. 1, 2009.

The confidence of accounting and finance workers has plunged to a new low, according to a new survey.

The American Institute of CPAs is mulling the idea of internationalizing the CPA designation.

Barry Melancon, president and chief executive of the American Institute of CPAs, opened his annual remarks regarding the state of the profession at the Fall Meeting of Council and Members by addressing the current economic crisis and the controversy around fair value accounting.

“As the financial crisis on Wall Street unfolds with intense media coverage, we are losing sight of another crisis: more than a million families across the United States will face foreclosure in the next six months as the last of the subprime mortgages contracted in 2006 and early 2007 reset. Accelerating job losses and low wages aggravate the lives of tens of millions of families. In the rush to focus on Wall Street, these are the families whose lives must not be forgotten.”