The American Institute of CPAs has approved the creation of the forensic accounting credential.

While the number of women partners and those in similar leadership positions has risen over the past several years, they still trail significantly when compared to their male counterparts, according to a survey compiled by the Illinois CPA Society Women’s Executive Committee.

The new fingerprinting requirement for the Uniform CPA Exam sparked debate at the American Institute of CPAs’ Spring Council meeting.

KPMG is donating $250,000 to the nonprofit organization First Book to distribute more than 200,000 books this year to needy children.

The Internal Revenue Service is facing a troublesome manpower drain, as a whopping average of 16 percent of its total workforce is now leaving the agency each year.The soaring employee turnover rate has raised eyebrows and concerns among members of the IRS Oversight Board, which warned that the tax service is losing a distressingly large number of talented workers who “possess skills and institutional knowledge that are extremely difficult to replace.”

Senior-level executive CPAs have low expectations of the economy over the coming year, according to a new survey.

The New York State Society of CPAs installed Sharon Sabba Fierstein as its new president.

DeVry University, its Keller School of Management and Becker CPA Review have teamed up on an accelerated program to give accounting students their bachelor's and master's degrees and CPA designations in as little as five years.

Deloitte has formed an International Financial Reporting Standards University Consortium to help bring IFRS into more college classrooms.

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A new study has found that women of color are encountering obstacles at many accounting firms and that efforts at encouraging diversity often do not work.

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The American Institute of CPAs has issued a draft proposal outlining new content and skill specifications it wants to include in the Uniform CPA Examination, including a greater focus on ethics.

More than 64,000 students graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting in the 2006-2007 school year, the largest number of accounting graduates in at least 36 years, according to a report by the American Institute of CPAs.

“The problem is variously termed as silo thinking, silo vision, silo mentality, or the silo effect. This is evident when directors, departments, managers, teams or staff may be high performers individually, but fail to choreograph their activities to create peak performance for the organization.”

Lynn A. Chiavaro coached one of the first college girls' basketball teams three decades ago and was inducted into the Hall of Fame for her accomplishments in the sport.

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a hearing to discuss tax incentives for post-secondary education.

Private sector employment rose by 10,000 in April, according to a report by payroll giant ADP.

Fed Cuts Rate to 2 Percent