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New hires, you're on watch: According to a new Robert Half Finance & Accounting survey, a majority (54 percent) of CFOs said that their new hires have one to less than three months to prove themselves in their roles. Another 9 percent of CFOs expect new blood to prove themselves in less than a month.

With every aspect of the profession in flux, accounting firms need to get much better at adapting and evolving

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The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee is calling on the Internal Revenue Service, the Treasury Department and the Justice Department to return funds wrongly seized from taxpayers during civil asset forfeitures.

Bill O'Connell of ADP talks about how accountants can help their business clients protect their computer security, in an interview with Dan Hood of Accounting Today.

With the increasing reliance on technology for filing tax returns, is the federal government taking the necessary measures to protect personal information?

The AICPA announced last week that Dr. Yvonne Hinson has been named the Institute's Academic in Residence. The role will see Dr. Hinson provide leadership for the AICPA’s initiatives to engage with and support university accounting educators, focused on building a strong pipeline of professional and diverse students to continue to enter the CPA profession.

A Miami-based startup has launched Taxfyle, an iPhone app aimed at Millennials that allows them to connect with a network of 300 CPAs who can help them prepare and file their taxes.

Stetson University in Deland, Fla. announced that specially-trained students will be preparing income tax returns for local individuals and families as part of the IRS's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.

TaxAct has introduced online Form 990 software that allows tax-exempt organizations to file their information returns with the Internal Revenue Service.