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AICPA’s president and CEO Barry Melancon and chair Greg Anton offer an update on professional issues at annual conference

In the opening keynote address to the annual American Institute of CPAs’ Practitioners Symposium and TECH+ Conference and the 2012 Association for Accounting Marketing Summit, author and marketing expert Sally Hogshead urged attendees to focus their marketing efforts on what sets them apart, and to understand themselves better in order to fascinate their clients and prospects.

Top 100 Firm Postlethwaite & Netterville's Melissa Peroyea receives Health Care Leadership Award

The American Institute of CPAs has introduced a mobile app to help CPA Exam candidates prepare for the Uniform CPA Exam.

The National Association of Black Accountants plans to hold its first virtual career expo in conjunction with its national convention.

The Institute of Management Accountants has thrown its support behind the Financial Accounting Foundation’s plan to establish a Private Company Council to improve the process of setting accounting standards for private companies.

The New York State Society of CPAs said the Internal Revenue Service should provide safe harbor guidelines for transferring property from one irrevocable trust to another, a process known as a trust decanting.

John Johnson will join the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy as director of legislative affairs, effective June 1. He will be working to create a national legislative program to assist NASBA's 55 member boards.

The AICPA celebrated its 125th anniversary last week at its Spring Meeting of Council, and our reporters were on site to bring you the highlights.

The New York State Society of CPAs has written to the Internal Revenue Service asking for a simplified method of electing deferral of U.S. taxation on Canadian Registered Retirement Savings Plans.

Moss Adams chairman Robert Bunting, a former chairman of the American Institute of CPAs, assembled a group of his fellow former AICPA chairmen to mark the 125th anniversary of the Institute.

A group of high-ranking officials in accounting and auditing standard-setting organizations discussed the changing standards for mandatory audit firm rotation, private company accounting and other controversial issues at the American Institute of CPAs’ Spring Meeting of Council.

The American Institute of CPAs marked its 125th anniversary during its Spring Meeting of Council, with meetings on Capitol Hill and the White House with lawmakers and policymakers, capped off with a lavish black tie reception.

Information Technology Alliance president Ron Eagle announced at the organization's spring collaborative meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., earlier this month that he would not be renewing his contract as president, effective Sept. 1, 2012.

The American Institute of CPAs has introduced a Web-based calculator to help individuals estimate the total amount of taxes they pay every year for the most common federal, state and local taxes.

The American Institute of CPAs is urging the House to pass legislation this week to establish a uniform national standard governing the withholding of state income taxes for nonresident employees.

Deborah Mathis, shareholder-in-charge of the Healthcare Services Group and executive director of CG Healthcare Solutions, and Lynne Broza, director of the Litigation & Valuation Services Group of Cowan, Gunteski & Co. PA, have been named 2012 Women of Note by the New Jersey Society of CPAs.

In an emotional speech on Thursday night, Gail M. Kinsella was installed as president of the New York State Society of CPAs.

A representative of the American Institute of CPAs told the Internal Revenue Service that the temporary proposed regulations governing the deduction and capitalization of tangible property expenditures are too complex for many taxpayers.