Accounting February 28, 2026
Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Voting in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Readers can vote for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
January 22, 2014
Report: December Was Strongest Jobs Growth Month in 2013
U.S. private-sector franchise jobs increased by 30,250 during the month of December 2013, according to the ADP National Franchise Report. BThe report measures monthly changes in franchise employment derived from ADP’s actual transactional payroll data.
January 22, 2014
Experts Warn of Scam Emails About Data Breach at Target
In the aftermath of the data breach that potentially exposed the credit and debit card information for 80 million shoppers, Target sent out an official email stating that the company would offer one free year of credit monitoring through Experian.
January 22, 2014
Regulators Increasing Scrutiny of Conduct Risk, But Most Companies Unprepared
A new survey shows that even though regulators are increasingly looking at conduct risk by companies, there is still great disparity in how firms are defining conduct risk and similarly how regulators are referring to the concept.
January 22, 2014
Tips for Tackling Small Business Finances in 2014
Online accounting software maker Xero has released a new collection of critical tips and advice from accountants that is designed to help small businesses improve operations in 2014.
January 22, 2014
FASB Issues New Accounting Guidelines for Goodwill and Interest Rate Swaps
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today issued two updates to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) that provide alternatives for private companies on the subsequent accounting for goodwill and for interest rate swaps—specifically a simplified hedge accounting approach for certain types of swaps.
January 22, 2014
A Billion Dollars for March Madness Bracket? Warren Buffet is Backing the Bet
Talk about March Madness! Office pools and online versions of pick-em games for the NCAA basketball tournament see a lot of money pass hands, but never like this.
January 21, 2014
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January 21, 2014
New Print Edition of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Available
The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) today released an updated print edition of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s FASB Accounting Standards Codification, the single, authoritative source of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) for public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations.
January 21, 2014
Amazon to Start Collecting Sales Tax in N.C.
Amazon.com will begin collecting sales tax in North Carolina beginning Feb. 1, a company official confirmed Monday.
January 21, 2014
Kentucky Accounting Firms to Merge
The leaders of Ashland, Kentucky's two largest CPA firms have announced they will join forces this summer.