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The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants has released a new paper proposing to restructure the code of ethics for accountants.

The majority of CPA firms experienced modest revenue increases in 2013, reflecting either stable or higher profits, according to a new survey by the American Institute of CPAs and the Texas Society of CPAs.

Agency picks former Deloitte vice chair

The Illinois CPA Society will honor three of its members with the 10th annual "Women to Watch" awards, recogniing contributions to both the accounting profession and the development of women as leaders.

Crowe Horwath LLP CEO Charles Allen will be co-chairman of the global accounting firm network of which it is the main member in the U.S., Crowe Horwath International.

CPA.com, the American Institute of CPAs’ business and technology subsidiary, has increased its service offerings and built revenues after the AICPA changed the name from CPA2Biz.

The American Institute of CPAs has introduced two new tools to help CPA firms and organizations expand and enhance their diversity and inclusion efforts.

Let’s not kid ourselves. Financial statement auditing as we know it is facing a crisis of relevance in today’s capital markets.

The American Institute of CPAs is getting ready to roll out its long-awaited update of compilation and review standards for CPAs, Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services No. 21 (SSARS No. 21), one of the most significant revisions in non-audit standards in the last 35 years.

The final day of the American Institute of CPAs’ 2014 Fall Meeting of Council in Boston saw the AICPA Nominations Committee induct the next class of Board and Council members, including newly elected 2014-15 chair of the board Tommye Barie.

The American Institute of CPAs has asked the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to reject appeals by EEOC staff to investigate and litigate against accounting firms about their mandatory partner retirement provisions, saying in a letter Monday that the classification of partners as employees would be disruptive to the accounting profession and its business practices.

AICPA president and CEO Barry Melancon delivered the keynote speech at the 2014 Fall Meeting of Council in Boston on Monday, discussing the unprecedented changes he foresees in the accounting profession in the coming years.

In an Oct. 16 letter to the IRS, the AICPA questioned the ordering rule under Internal Revenue Code section 1368, asserting that an ambiguity exists under current rules for determining adjustments to the accumulated adjustment account (AAA) of an S corporation.

The United Kingdom-based Institute of Financial Accountants is joining together with Australia’s Institute of Public Accountants to form one of the largest professional accounting organizations in the world dedicated to small and midsize firms.

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners is warning about the costs to organizations of being overly complacent about financial fraud.

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The Board of Directors of the National Association of Black Accountants Inc. (NABA, Inc.) has openings for two top-level positions for its corporate headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland.

The AICPA urged the IRS to act quickly to relieve the administrative burden on small business taxpayers from the tangible property regulations.

While there are many well-equipped organizations for accountants in the United States and Europe, much of the developing world is still missing robust groups that can foster development of ethical practices for accountants and look out for their interests.

The Certified General Accountants Association of Canada (CGA-Canada) has joined CPA Canada, completing the long and sometimes fractious process of integrating the country's national accounting bodies.