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The American Institute of CPAs announced the winners of the 2013 Elijah Watt Sells Award, given to candidates passing and obtaining above a certain score on all four sections of the Uniform CPA exam.

CPA2Biz and ITA announced that they will be co-locating their respective conferences Dec. 7-10 at the National Gaylord in Washington, D.C.

Pamela Wickes, the director of forensic accounting at Teal, Becker & Chiaramonte, has been named to the Business Review’s 40 Under Forty Class of 2014.

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

More than 27 million taxpayers have filed their tax returns from their home computers so far this tax season, an increase of almost 6 percent compared to last year.

U.S. CFOs’ confidence in the U.S. economy increased more than 10 percent in the first quarter of the year, reaching a two-year high, according to a new survey by Financial Executives International and Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business.

Business travel is on the rise once again, with more than half of companies reporting that they spent more on business travel last year than they did the previous year, according to a new survey.

The largest U.S.-based companies added $206 billion to their stockpiles of offshore profits last year, parking earnings in low-tax countries until Congress gives them a reason not to.

The Private Companies Practice Section of the American Institute of CPAs recently issued its annual Top Issues Diagnostic Report. For the fifth consecutive year, owner/partner accountability and unity has been cited among the top two issues for CPA firms comprising more than 21 professionals.

The Internal Revenue Service has revised its guidance on electronic signatures, with updated information on the currently acceptable electronic signature methods, identity verification requirements and electronic record requirements.