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The American Institute of CPAs’ Conflict Minerals Task Force has developed two new Q&A documents on conflict mineral disclosures mandated under the Dodd-Frank Act.

It may make for grim reading, but the American Institute of CPAs has just issued guidance on new mortality tables from an actuarial group.

The Indiana CPA Society’s CPA Center for Excellence has steered its first CPA firm through its new advisory services program.

Massachusetts CPAs who are still digging out from a record-shattering wave of heavy snowstorms this winter may have one thing to cheer: a new benefits package of health and dental insurance, along with other services, offered by the Massachusetts Society of CPAs.

More than 200 CPAs from across the Peach State are meeting state lawmakers on Thursday for the 2015 CPA Day at the Gold Dome, Georgia’s state capitol building in Atlanta.

NABA receives $100,000 to promote Tax-Aide program.

The American Institute of CPAs has written to some of the top tax lawmakers in Congress asking them to grant relief to taxpayers in appropriate situations when they miss a statutory deadline or make an error in choosing an election.

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The American Institute of CPAs has sent a letter recommending various tax reform priorities to the new chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

David J. Moynihan, a past president of the New York State Society of CPAs and audit partner at the Bonadio Group’s Syracuse office, died early Friday morning after a nearly year-long battle with cancer.

The National Conference of CPA Practitioners is seeking candidates for election to its Board of Directors.

Regulation of the CPA profession in the U.S. needs a transformation. Mind you now, not a change—a transformation. Yes—a major overhaul.

The winners of two scholarship programs are announced.

KPMG’s issues worth watching in 2015, CohnReznick examines the IPO market, and more…

Angela Avant has resigned from her post as president and CEO of the National Association of Black Accountants Inc. NABA’s chairman, Kenneth Cooke, will serve as interim president and CEO while the a search is conducted to replace Avant.

Members of the Institute of Financial Accountants in the United Kingdom have voted to amalgamate with Australia’s Institute of Public Accountants to form one of the largest international organizations of accountants who focus on small and midsize enterprises and accounting practices.

The American Institute of CPAs is looking for advice on ways to revamp its peer review program for the future to leverage technology to do continuous monitoring of how CPA firms perform audit and accounting work.

The Institute of Management Accountants has been named a full voting member of the International Integrated Reporting Council.