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A roundup of accounting news from the previous month

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Top stories of the previous month from the world of accounting resellers

Odds have now turned against those hoping that the health care law passed in 2010 will "just go away."

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a staff paper with recommendations on which criteria and circumstances should be used to determine when it is appropriate to adjust U.S. GAAP reporting requirements for private companies.

The American Institute of CPAs and the American Accounting Association released a report Tuesday charting a course for the future of accounting education.

Critics of fair value accounting have indicted it as being the cause, or at least having exacerbated, the global financial crisis of 2007-2008.

The Financial Accounting Foundation is seeking people who would like to participate in a post-implementation review survey of how well its business combinations standard has worked.

The International Accounting Education Standards Board has released a proposed revision of its professional development standard for educating accountants in values, ethics and attitudes.

Top 100 Firm Weaver LLP promoted a half dozen employees to partner, with Jayna Bovre named partner-in-charge of the Fort Worth office.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued an accounting standards update intended to simplify the testing of indefinite-lived intangible assets, such as trademarks, licenses and distribution rights, for impairment.

Michael Bernstein succeeds Martin Greenberg

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The International Accounting Standards Board said Thursday that its staff will develop guidance to help “micro-sized entities” apply International Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium-sized Entities.

Elizabeth Hugh selected as the firm’s first chief operating officer

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued an updated guide to help people better understand the financial statements of state and local governments.

Staffing service Office Team identified five types of workplace "competitors" that take it too far and offered tips for working with them effectively.

The International Accounting Standards Board is headed toward a more multilateral approach in the formation of International Financial Reporting Standards, as the U.S. appears increasingly unlikely to throw its support behind IFRS this year.