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The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy has released for the first time in history an official CPA population statistic representing the total number of individual, U.S.-licensed CPAs.

The American Institute of CPAs has asked the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department for the IRS to set up a separate user fee category for private letter ruling requests for S corporations, which would result in lower fees for these requests.

The American Institute of CPAs has sent a comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service about Notice 2015-54, Transfers of Property to Partnerships with Related Foreign Partners.

Chart-topping singer Dionne Warwick sang for the New York State Society of CPAs at the NYSSCPA Foundation for Accounting Education’s annual gala Thursday evening, raising funds for young students interested in entering the accounting field.

It’s that time of the year again—Accounting Today’s VAR 100 list, ranking the top value-added resellers of accounting and accounting-related software by revenue.

Despite comprising nearly half of our country’s population, women hold significantly fewer positions of leadership than their male counterparts. This is across the board, spanning both the public and private sectors.

The Institute of Management Accountants has published a book featuring case studies on management accounting collected by editors of one of the IMA’s academic journals.

The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Internal Revenue Services to make some changes to a form that tax-exempt groups use to report on transactions with “interested persons.”

The National Association of Enrolled Agents announced the members of its new board of directors.

Armanino announced the firm will become a value-added reseller of Coupa Software, the cloud-based spend management solution.

QuickFee, a service that allows accounting firms to bill clients through an installment plan, has recently expanded into the U.S. from Australia and New Zealand, focusing on large accounting firm networks.

U.S.-based accounting and consulting firm association Allinial Global has signed a letter of intent to combine with a U.K.-based accounting and business advisory firms, IAPA International.

Legendary singer Dionne Warwick is slated to headline a gala for the New York State Society of CPAs’ Foundation for Accounting Education.

The Rainmaker Companies announced that Scott Moore will be joining the group as a senior vice president.

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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.