Professional development

The American Institute of CPAs voted to allow changes in the definition of “attest” during its Spring Meeting of Council on Sunday in an effort to fend off competition from non-CPA firms and unlicensed CPAs who offer attest services using AICPA standards.

Members of Congress have introduced several bills this week to keep student loan interest rates from doubling in July.

Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeffrey Thomson discusses why accounting students should consider management accounting as a career, and the IMA's partnership with John Wiley & Sons on a learning system for Certified Management Accountants, in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeffrey Thomson discusses the IMA's efforts to improve management accounting education and its partnerships with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the American Accounting Association, in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

Helen Brand, chief executive of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, discusses the ACCA's 14-part exam and how it compares with the AICPA's four-part Uniform CPA Exam.

The Internal Revenue Service has reduced the amount of time it is estimating it will take to process hundreds of thousands of delayed tax returns claiming refunds from education tax credits.

Deloitte chief inclusion officer Deb DeHaas discusses the opening of Deloitte University's Leadership Center for Inclusion with Accounting Today senior editor Danielle Lee, as the firm encourages greater diversity.

Webcasting and virtual environment solutions provider ON24 announced the availability of ON24’s continuing education solutions on tablet computers and smartphones, making it the first company to offer National Association of State Boards of Accountancy-compliant virtual CE training for mobile devices.

The International Accounting Education Standards Board has issued a set of revised standards for the initial professional development of accountants emphasizing that practical experience plays a key role in developing the competence of fledgling accountants.

The London School of Business & Finance partnered with e-learning provider InterActive on the launch of InterActive TV, or IATV, an online channel that will broadcast accounting-related content for free 24 hours a day.

The Indiana CPA Society has released a new study on what it sees as a growing trend toward “hyperspecialization” in the CPA profession.

The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that it has observed problems with the filings for education tax credits that could be delaying processing of the tax returns.

The Indiana CPA Society has released a second white paper on the topic of the future of competency for CPAs, prepared by a board-level task force on that subject.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy is calling for proposals for its Accounting Education Research Grants Program.

Kayla J. Gillan, a former deputy chief of staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission and founding member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, has been tapped to lead PricewaterhouseCoopers’ new Investors’ Resource Institute.

Japanese accountants are registering to take the U.S. CPA Exam as a way to increase their international employment options, according to a new survey.

The Institute of Management Accountants and the American Accounting Association’s Management Accounting Section have teamed up on an accounting educational framework that they hope will be used to re-orient undergraduate and MBA accounting curricula to match on-the-job demands.

The Internal Revenue Service is giving tax preparers a chance to make up their continuing education hours if they didn’t complete all of the required hours by the end of last year.

Ernst & Young is hosting a three-day leadership development event in New York this week to attract more young accounting students from minority backgrounds to join the firm.

The New York State Society of CPAs has introduced a new CPE discount program that provides more continuing education options to small and midsize CPA firms.