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It's always a good time to up your engagement with the profession

Jim Boomer will succeed his father L. Gary Boomer as CEO of Boomer Consulting, Inc., as part of a long-term succession plan that has been underway for the last seven years and includes several other big moves at the prominent accounting firm consultancy.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy’s Center for the Public Trust has introduced an Ethical Leadership Training and Certification for business professionals.

The Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants said Tuesday that Carla McCall was elected the chairman of the board of directors for the 2016-2017 fiscal year.

The New York State Society of CPAs will be holding its first ever Sustainability Investment Leadership Conference on May 6. This is a new area that could result in substantial involvement by CPAs.

Despite positive job numbers in recent years in the U.S., the employment picture globally appears much gloomier, according to a new survey from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants.

The American Institute of CPAs has begun offering intermediate and advanced certificates to CPAs who perform “single audits” of governmental entities and grantees and audits of employee benefit plans.

The Information Technology Alliance announced new members during the association’s annual ITA Spring Collaborative April 17-19 in Houston.

The American Institute of CPAs is pushing for legislation that would make it easier for employees who work across state lines to do their taxes.

AccuFund announced the recipients of its annual Partner Leadership Awards, honoring the sales and marketing success of resellers in the previous year.

Crowe Horwath introduced a new Crowe Financial Accelerator for Microsoft Dynamics AX to manage centralized and decentralized operational and financial functions within the ERP system.

The American Institute of CPAs said Monday that the next version of the Uniform CPA Examination will launch on April 1, 2017.

Making the case for the proposed AICPA/CIMA association

The American Institute of CPAs plans to e-mail out ballots to CPAs the week of April 18, immediately after tax season, to vote on a proposal to set up an Association of International CPAs in partnership with the London-based Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

The American Institute of CPAs has written to the Internal Revenue Service recommending some changes in the IRS’s proposed regulations for country-by-country reporting by multinational corporations of financial information to curb tax avoidance.

MineralTree, the accounts payable and payment automation solution provider, has expanded its partner program for resellers and business process outsourcers.

The American Institute of CPAs is crying foul over an ad by H&R Block suggesting that many CPAs don’t know how to prepare tax returns, but Block is promising to increase its competition with CPAs.

With a 400 percent surge in reported phone and email phishing and malware schemes this tax season, the American Institute of CPAs is working with Congress, the Internal Revenue Service and its members to combat tax-related identity theft and tax return fraud.