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About 86 percent of CFOs report a desire to maintain their current staff levels in the next three months, but 2 percent predict decreases in accounting and finance personnel in the second quarter, according to a survey by staffing services company Robert Half International.

CFOs and senior-level executive CPAs see the domestic economic downturn as lasting longer than previously expected, according to a survey by the American Institute of CPAs and the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

There is probably something in humans and in every generation that makes us think that the problems we face are uniquely difficult.

Education tax credits can help offset the costs of higher education for yourself or a dependent.

CCH has signed a deal with the American Institute of CPAs to sell and distribute AICPA publications to the undergraduate and graduate college market.

The American Institute of CPAs has opened a free online job finder to help accountants find work during the recession.

The Center for Audit Quality has published a free online reference source for public company auditors with lessons on performing audits of internal control over financial reporting.

The Maryland Association of CPAs has created an interactive job board, the MACPA Career Center, to give its members and the CPA profession at large a targeted way to make employment connections.

A new report from Ingenuity Marketing (IM) offers some eye-opening insights into what "millennials," or twenty-something staffers, expect from their existing or potential firm.A series of questions with four possible answers, covering such categories as recruitment, online branding, office space, and work style, among others, reveals some of the likes and dislikes of millennials.

New York Governor David Paterson has signed a bill expanding the regulation of CPAs throughout the state.

TaxTalent has introduced a new contract-staff Web site, TaxForce.com, aiming to match the top 20 percent of tax professionals with companies in need of their high-level services.

KPMG has named a new chief information officer and a new leader of its tax restructuring and corporate recovery practice.

Florida plans to cut the amount of time it takes to process exam scores for CPAs by more than half, reducing what had been a three-month process to less than a month.

Henry R. Keizer is global head of audit for KPMG International and also serves as U.S. vice chair, audit, for the U.S. member firm, KPMG LLP.

Accounting Principals has released a 2009 Salary Guide for Accounting and Finance Professionals with recent salary and compensation information from the staffing company.

In these tough economic times, as in others, there are many news items on companies declaring bankruptcies and announcing substantial staff cuts. What is different this time is that I am also reading about a number of cost-cutting strategies that are gaining in popularity and aimed at reducing expenses without disrupting business operations or laying off staff.

College students attending an Ernst & Young tax career event acknowledged they are seeing more interest on campus in accounting as jobs in the financial industry dry up.

Accounting Today has ranked the Best Accounting Firms to Work For.

Colleges and students trying to understand International Financial Reporting Standards now have access to free course materials and case studies through Deloitte’s IFRS University Consortium.

Israel's fifth largest accounting firm, BDO Ziv Haft, has reportedly cut salaries across the board by 5 to 10 percent for all but the lowest paid employees.