Professional development

A bipartisan trio of lawmakers have introduced a bill that would update the existing tax law to allow formerly homeless young people to pursue a four-year college education and still qualify for housing built with Low Income Housing Tax Credits.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has introduced a series of sales and use tax courses on its Checkpoint Learning system.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy plans to launch an enhanced Uniform CPA Examination Online Application System in the 32 jurisdictions supported by CPA Examination Services.

Online continuing professional education provider CPE Link has partnered with Alliott Group, a global alliance of accounting, law and consulting firms to provide content for Alliott members.

NASBA, AICPA PROPOSE CHANGES IN CPE STANDARDS

Families are increasingly relying on grants and scholarships to pay for spiralling tuitions at colleges and universities in the aftermath of the recession, according to a new study.

Thomson Reuters has begun offering a new series of webcasts to help companies with tax information reporting compliance.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the American Institute of CPAs have proposed revising the standards for continuing professional education to provide greater flexibility for online learning and self-study.

CPE Link has added new features to its Firm CPE Center online software to better manage staff registrations for continuing professional education courses at accounting firms.

Fifty-eight percent of parents don’t have a college education fund established for their children, according to a new survey.

CPA-focused technology education and consulting firm CPA Crossings released a new tablet-based learning model utilizing the Apple iPad on Tuesday.

The U.S. CPA Exam was successfully administered at five international test sites: Japan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates.

The advent of the computer-based Uniform CPA Exam in 2004 threw CPA firms and their young staff for a loop, as the regimented accountability of a bi-annual pencil-and-paper sitting was replaced with a more continuous completion timeline.

The CFA Institute, the administrator of the CFA and CIPM exam programs, has partnered with IASeminars, a provider of IFRS training, to offer a series of IFRS programs.

Four in five Americans believe the average level of student loan debt is too high to justify going to college, according to a new survey.

The National Society of Accountants has submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service about plans for a tax preparer competency examination, supporting the intended purpose of verifying the “minimal competency” of tax preparers.

The CCH Learning & Development Academy has launched its School of Tax.

CPE Link is now offering online learning to a global audience through an affiliate agreement with the Accounting Academy of South Africa.

The American Institute of CPAs has written a letter to the Internal Revenue Service offering to help develop the IRS exam for registered tax return preparers by leveraging the AICPA’s own experience with the Uniform CPA Exam.

The International Accounting Education Standards Board has proposed a set of clarified standards and revisions governing the practical experience requirements for aspiring professional accountants.