Ohio-based accounting firm Skoda Minotti has acquired information technology firm PBnJ Solutions, and added it to its Technology Partners services group.

Top 10 Firm BKD LLP announced that regional managing partner Ted Dickman will be its next CEO, effective June 1.

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.

CPA firms are starting to feel more pressure again from the economy as the recovery ever so slowly ramps up, with international problems threatening to throw it off course, and regulatory requirements adding to their workload.

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.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has published a new user guide to help taxpayers understand the financial statements of local school districts.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has passed along a request to the Financial Accounting Standards Board that it consider making changes in how to account for derivatives contracts designated as hedging instruments.

The American Institute of CPAs has written a letter to the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee asking them to amend the Tax Code to allow estates and nongrantor trusts to fully deduct the cost of complying with the fiduciary duties of administering estates and trusts.

Kenneth Leventhal, CPA, founder of one of the largest CPA firms in the country, Leventhal & Co., and a noted philanthropist, died on May 8 at the age of 91.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is making some progress in its efforts to inspect auditing firms in China.

Small business owners ranks Idaho and Texas as the most business-friendly states, with Oklahoma City and Dallas-Ft. Worth taking top honors among cities across the nation, according to a new survey.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges in an enforcement action against Deloitte’s affiliate in Shanghai, China, accusing the firm of violating U.S. securities laws by refusing to produce audit work paper documents.

Top 100 Firm Eide Bailly announced that nine staff members have been accepted into the partnership: Travis Burgess and Jodi Daugherty, in Boise, Idaho; Judy Vorndran and TJ Bert, in Golden, Colo.; Todd Harker, in Vail, Colo.; Sean Hales, in Phoenix; and Jenni Huotari, Chris Lee and Shelley Earsley, in Fargo.

The May edition of Accounting Today's monthly Accountants Confidence Index continues the expectation of expansion that started in April.

Check out the digital edition of the May 2012 issue of Accounting Today.

Recent developments at accounting firms across the U.S. and around the world.

This time, we've decided to touch briefly on 19 current issues, doing a "Lightning Round," instead of covering only one in depth.

With the G-20 finance ministers having given accounting standard setters a new deadline of mid-2013 to get their convergence work done, the Securities and Exchange Commission is under fresh pressure to reach a decision on incorporating International Financial Reporting Standards into the U.S. financial reporting system.

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, also known as COSO, plans to release the updated version of its Internal Control–Integrated Framework in the first quarter of 2013, instead of the fall of 2012.