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The AICPA and American Accounting Association (AAA), the founding co-sponsors of the Pathways Commission on Accounting Higher Education, announced major developments in the implementation of the Commission’s recommendations on Thursday.

Xero launched its integrated payroll offering in the U.S.’s three top employer states—California, Florida and Texas.

Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee have formed five bipartisan working groups with the goal of analyzing the tax code and developing policy recommendations for comprehensive tax reform.

Obamacare is about to collide with the U.S. tax-filing season, adding frustration for millions of taxpayers trying to figure out how to comply and how much they will owe the government.

A Louisiana woman and her son are facing fraud charges for their work as tax preparers.

This morning, the AICPA released the results of their PFSi (Personal Financial Satisfaction Index)—a new gauge that weighs a variety of economic factors to calculate the financial standing of typical Americans. The findings saw an overall financial satisfaction into positive territory for the first time since the financial crisis.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Four of the International Federation of Accountants’ standard-setting boards are looking for new members with the right stuff.

AICPA Personal Financial Planning Executive Committee chairman Lyle Benson of L.K. Benson & Co. talks about why the market for financial planning services is growing at CPA firms, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

The practice of tracking time in accounting firms—and the role that time plays in pricing services and making billing decisions—has been the subject of endless discussion.