Accounting April 17, 2026
Last Chance to Vote in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Each year, readers get the opportunity to show their support for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
April 20, 2017
Financial and Operational Reporting Ease and Excellence
We use technology tools to solve client problems and our own problems. Whether these are generic tools like Microsoft Office, Citrix ShareFile, or Square, or specific tools like Wolters Kluwer CCH ProSystem fx, Intuit Lacerte or AccountantsWorld ...
April 19, 2017
Porte Brown Named as One of the 2017 Best Places to Work in Illinois
Porte Brown LLC, a Chicagoland firm, has been named as one of the 2017 Best Places to Work in Illinois. The Best Places to Work competition is a combination survey, study and awards ceremony established to identify the top employers in the state of ...
April 19, 2017
25% of Age 50-Plus Americans are Confident in Personal Finances
People aged 50-plus will generate $83 billion in revenue for the fast-emerging alternative financial services sector over the next five years, according to AARP's Financial Innovation Frontiers report released today. The research also found that only ...
April 19, 2017
BlackLine Finance Transformation Solution
BlackLine’s Finance Transformation Solution empowers the accounting and finance function to manage and control the end-to-end financial close process by automating accounting workflows, providing a centralized and secure workspace to perform period-end accounting activities, and streamlining financial reporting. The resulting absence of complex, manual, and error-prone steps inherent in dated accounting practices, enables teams to...…
April 19, 2017
Cognitive Computing and the Future of the Accounting Profession
Cognitive computing is especially valuable in tax compliance, an area that is heavily regulated and often faces rapid changes. The process of preparing filings, ensuring compliance, and optimizing a business’ tax position is complicated, resource ...
April 19, 2017
Accounting for Income Taxes: New System Focused on ASC 740 Compliance
Designed and built with middle market businesses in mind, Tax Prodigy Provision was created by tax professionals to give tax professionals the security and confidence they need to focus on critical tax items instead of being held back by over ...
April 18, 2017
Free eBook: The Power of Advisory Services: What Every Accounting Professional Should Know
Did you know that 93% of small businesses value accountants as their source of business advice? But as technology forges a new path for businesses and entrepreneurs, accounting professionals are looking to switch up their services and tap into a new ...
April 17, 2017
Tax Rules for Fantasy Sports Betting
What are the tax consequences? The lines can often get blurry. With the laws in this area continuing to evolve, both taxpayers and practitioners must be careful to avoid any missteps.
April 17, 2017
Are Your Clients Ready for a Corporate Governance Review?
Corporate governance is an increasingly key component of insurance regulatory reviews, with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and state regulators targeting new reporting requirements at your corporate governance structure and ...
April 17, 2017
How Will the Potential Drop in the U.S. Corporate Income Tax Rate Impact Financial Statements?
With the likelihood of a drop in the corporate tax rate and a possible Border Adjustment Tax (“BAT”), prudent tax department leaders and CFOs will need to stay on top of pending legislation. Planning and modeling the potential impact that rate and ...
April 17, 2017
Manufacturers Increase Use of Internet of Things
Because cyber attackers often exploit third-party vulnerabilities to gain access to their eventual targets, any security gaps in manufacturers’ supplier networks could be dangerous. Most manufacturers are cognizant of and actively address third-party ...
April 17, 2017
How Professional Services Firms Use Software Determines Success
Working in professional services means constantly, obsessively, thinking about how to serve clients better. Some decisions are intuitive--talented workers, more resources, quick responses. In comparison, the relative digitalization of a services ...