Technology February 9, 2026
Botkeeper is Closing Its Doors
In a statement posted on the Botkeeper website over the weekend, Enrico Palmerino wrote that the automated bookkeeping platform he founded in 2015 is shutting down.
January 11, 2017
NVCA Adds New Award Categories for 2017
The new award categories include the Rising Star Award, Excellence in Healthcare Innovation Award and the Venture Firm of the Year Award. These three new award categories join the current roster of awards that includes the Lifetime Achievement in ...
January 11, 2017
AICPA Issues Revenue Recognition Working Drafts for Aerospace, Telecom and Time-Shares
The AICPA’s Financial Reporting Executive Committee (FinREC) has issued four new working drafts of accounting issues related to the implementation of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers – for ...
January 11, 2017
CFOs Say Sloppy Work is Biggest Peeve
More than one-third (35 percent) of CFOs cited lacking attention to detail or sloppy work as the most annoying behavior by coworkers.
January 11, 2017
83% of Businesses May Be at Risk Due to Organizational and IT Factors
It is estimated that in 2017, more than $94 billion will be invested in security solutions, per industry analyst forecasts, yet nearly half of organizations report having had a breach either internal or external in the last twelve months.
January 10, 2017
Nation Needs Tax Reform and IRS Reform, Says Taxpayer Advocate
In assessing the compliance burdens of the current tax code, the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) analyzed IRS data and determined that individuals and businesses spend about six billion hours a year complying with the code’s filing requirements ...
January 10, 2017
Scholarships Available for Accounting Students
The Foundation awards scholarships to undergraduates who are U.S. or Canadian citizens majoring in accounting at an accredited two- or four-year college or university in the United States. Since it was formed in 1969, the NSA Scholarship Foundation ...
January 10, 2017
Accounting Professor Receives Award for Research on Whistleblowing
The AICPA, CIMA and the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA), have honored Bryan R. Stikeleather, Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business, with the 2017 Greatest ...
January 10, 2017
New Accounting Credential for Entity and Intangible Valuations
The AICPA, the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) are offering a new credential that will enhance the quality, consistency and transparency of fair value measurement results in financial reporting.
January 10, 2017
Ryan Acquires Clients of Nickel & Co. for Property Tax Practice
The acquisition strengthens the market leadership position of Ryan’s Commercial Property Tax practice in Oklahoma and adds a team of seasoned property tax professionals to the largest property tax group in North America. The acquisition also adds a ...
January 10, 2017
Is Tax Avoidance Related to Business Risk?
How much tax should U.S. corporations pay? Even as a national legislative consensus seems to be growing that the current federal statutory rate of 35% is too high, a large swath of public opinion, particularly on the political left, contends that ...
January 10, 2017
CPA Firm Merger NDAs: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
The issue: In a merger where each firm signs an NDA, there’s a provision that precludes the buyer from soliciting the seller’s clients, with language similar to this:
January 9, 2017
New Rule to Require Disclosure of Audit Engagement Partners
A regulation to be implemented January 31 in the U.S. requiring accounting firms to identify the principal engagement partner in corporate audits should be a solid plus for investors and regulators, a new study suggests.