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.
January 20, 2013
City sues CPAs over audit; Comptroller admitted $54M theft
A city's former comptroller is heading to prison and the accounting firm that performed municipal audits is being sued for not noticing the theft of $54 million over a decade.
January 18, 2013
Professionals on the Move – January 18, 2013
A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
January 18, 2013
Bay Area adds more than 91,000 jobs in 2012, best increase in a decade
The Bay Area economy in 2012 powered to its strongest job performance since the dot-com boom, a clear indication that the region has banished the most recent recession, state labor officials reported Friday. For all of 2012, the Bay Area added 91,400 jobs, according to seasonally adjusted figures released Friday by the state’s Employment Development...…
January 18, 2013
Social Security payouts are going digital on March 1
Ready or not, millions of U.S. seniors are being pushed into the age of digital banking. Starting March 1, in a cost-cutting move by the U.S. Treasury, most Social Security checks will no longer arrive by mail.
January 18, 2013
Florida diner owner accused of not filing sales tax returns since 2009
The owner of Celebrity Diner in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, was arrested Wednesday, after police said she failed to file consecutive tax returns dating back to 2009.
January 18, 2013
Ohio Business Matchmaker Conference pairs suppliers, buyers
The Ohio Business Matchmaker Conference is like "speed dating" for small business owners looking for potential contracting opportunities.
January 18, 2013
Deadbeat debt collectors to pay $1.1 million in settlement
A Southern California debt collection firm that threatened debtors with killing their pets and digging up their dead relatives has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations about abusive practices.
January 18, 2013
Michigan Gov. signs executive order to create insurance, financial services department
Gov. Rick Snyder wasted no time implementing one of his proposals from Wednesday night's State of the State address, signing an executive order Thursday to create the new state Department of Insurance and Financial Services.
January 18, 2013
Retailers struggle to face the digital revolution
Retailers are facing a serious challenge: Change -- or die. But how exactly? Responding to the digital revolution was the vexing problem pondered by retail executives and industry experts alike this week at the National Retail Federation convention.
January 18, 2013
Massachusetts Gov. wants to lower sales tax, increase income tax
Critics contend Gov. Deval Patrick's call to raise the income tax will kill jobs and make the state less competitive, but supporters say it will pay for itself and spur growth.
January 18, 2013
Adaptive Planning Hires Alliances Executive Carolee Gearhart as VP of Global Channels
Gearhart Joins with Exceptional Experience in Enterprise Channels with SAP and PeopleSoft to Lead Rapidly Expanding Global Partnership Alliances for Adaptive Planning
January 18, 2013
Florida workers feel effect of end of payroll tax cut
A Social Security tax break that was extended to Americans is officially over. The two percent tax break expired in January at the wishes of the US Congress.