Accounting August 4, 2026
Nominations Open for Innovation Awards and 40 Under 40 Awards
Nominations are currently being accepted for CPA Practice Advisor's 40 Under 40, 20 Under 40, and Tax & Accounting Tech Innovation Awards.
July 18, 2017
CPE Classes at Work? CFOs Don’t Like Staff to Learn During Business Hours
Employers want financial employees who are well informed on the latest regulations, business trends and best practices. But they're not always willing to let their teams pursue continuing professional education (CPE) opportunities on company time ...
July 18, 2017
Federal Government Increases Scrutiny of Employee Handbooks
Under the administration of President Donald J. Trump, employers may be able to anticipate many changes in the regulatory and legal environment. In particular, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which had been very pro-union under Barack Obama ...
July 18, 2017
Accounting Software is Making Progress
If your firm intends to be a trusted advisor in accounting, it is time to consider the myriad of changes made in the past year and announcements to be made in 2017. There are so many pending announcements from significant publishers and vendors ...
July 17, 2017
Corporate Execs See Tax Reform As Biggest Challenge
In a recent survey, 85 percent of corporate tax executives said that their most fundamental challenge in the months to come is potential changes to U.S. federal income tax policy. The survey, commissioned by Bloomberg BNA, also explores other ...
July 17, 2017
Slovak Accounting Firm Joins PrimeGlobal
ACCES Group, an accounting firm based in Slovakia, has joined PrimeGlobal, an international association of accounting firms.
July 17, 2017
Millennials Stress Over Retirement
A study by the American Psychological Association reported that the group of Americans in their early 20s to late 30s came in at a 5.4 stress level on a scale of 1-10, higher than the American average of 4.9.
July 17, 2017
Carr, Riggs & Ingram Acquires Atlanta Accounting Firm AGH
Top 20 nationally ranked CPA and advisory firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC (CRI) has added to its growing Atlanta team by merging local firm AGH, LLC. The merger marks the city’s largest CPA firm merger this year and places CRI among Atlanta’s 10 ...
July 17, 2017
Zoho Inventory Management
July 17, 2017
Small Retailers Say Border Tax Could Cost Jobs
The National Retail Federation is asking the U.S. House of Representatives' tax-writing committee to consider small retailers and their employees when reforming the nation’s tax code, saying they would suffer more than large companies under a ...
July 16, 2017
Back to School Spending Expected to Hit $83.6 Billion
With consumer confidence rising and more young people in school, back-to-college spending is expected to hit an all-time high this year while back-to-school spending is expected to see its second-highest spending level on record, according to the ...
July 16, 2017
Retail Sales Up 3.2%
Retail sales in June were mostly unchanged over May on a seasonally adjusted basis, but up 3.2 percent unadjusted from June 2016, according to calculations released by the National Retail Federation. The numbers exclude automobiles, gasoline stations and
July 16, 2017
Cyber Threats Becoming Plague for Financial Professionals
Financial and payment professionals do not anticipate any respite from cyber fraud and cyber attacks in the near future, according to a recent survey conducted by TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank. An overwhelming 91 percent of respondents ...