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Internal auditors, external auditors, board members and financial executives disagree over who has responsibility for deterring and detecting financial statement fraud, according to a new report.

The accounting profession and employers should work more actively to get accountants ready for finance leadership roles such as CFOs, according to a new study.

The development of professional organizations for accountants is seen as a key tool for global, regional and national development, according to a new report.

Firm News: Oct. 3. 2013

The Information Technology Alliance (ITA) has appointed Forepoint Inc. president Kevin Cumley to chairman of the board of directors, while Affinity NFP principal Annette Balgord is now vice chairman.

Income per equity partner at the nation’s CPA firms jumped 5.5 percent in 2012, climbing to $386,000, according to the recently released 2013 Rosenberg MAP Survey.

Avalara has formed a strategic alliance with PrimeGlobal North America, enabling its member firms to access Avalara’s online resource center and take advantage of the company’s accountant-centric partner programs.

The CFP Board unilaterally changed thousands of its certificants’ profiles on its website yesterday by removing the term “fee-only” and swapping it with “none provided.”

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The National Society of Accountants has elected a slate of new officers, district governors, and State Directors at its 68th Annual Meeting in Indianapolis.

The American Institute of CPAs is asking Congress to provide the Internal Revenue Service with “sufficient” funds to perform its duties.

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Both public and private companies saw an increase in the auditing fees they paid to outside firms, according to a recent survey by Financial Executives International.

The Association for Accounting Marketing will be hiring its first chief executive officer, representing the first staff hire for the national trade association.

The second part of our look at firm networks and associations explores what happens when their member firms merge

The National Association of Tax Professionals has released Audit Proof the Tax Office, aimed at helping practitioners change some office procedures in response to new needs, and new threats, in the industry.

Avalara’s director of accountant and industry relations Brian Austin and Intacct’s senior channel executive Peyton Burch have been appointed to the Information Technology Alliance(ITA) board of directors to serve three-year terms, respectively.

The American Institute of CPAs has written to the heads of Congress’s main tax-writing committee expressing its opposition to a proposed limitation on the use of the cash method of accounting for partnerships, S corporations, personal service corporations and farmers.

Accounting firm association PrimeGlobal announced Wednesday that Arthur Place, the managing partner of one of the firms in its association, died on Sunday.