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The American Institute of CPAs combined its Practitioners Symposium and TECH+ conference for the first time with the Association for Accounting Marketing’s annual AAM Summit this week in Las Vegas.

The International Federation of Accountants has selected Fayezul Choudhury as its new CEO, succeeding Ian Ball, whose contract expires next February.

The American Institute of CPAs is asking Congress to make permanent changes in the estate tax as soon as possible to provide certainty to taxpayers before the current rates and rules expire at the end of the year.

FMRTL principal Thomas Roche elected president of New Jersey Society of CPAs

The three service lines of the Rainmaker accounting firm consultancy are being reunified under the single name of The Rainmaker Companies LLC.

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.