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PCAOB Establishes Inspections Modernization Council
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is forming a new advisory panel as the regulator looks to modernize how it inspects the work of public company audit firms.
August 3, 2020
Biller Genie Adds 11 Staff, Partners with BPMLinks
Biller Genie’s automated, cloud-based e-invoicing platform aims to accelerate cash flow and ultimately improve and simplify the way businesses process their accounts receivable.
August 3, 2020
Finance Departments Spending 520 Hours Per Year on Manual AP Tasks
Amid COVID-19, 75% of CFOs said their finance teams have been able to fully function and complete all processes on time while working remotely but only after making significant changes.
July 31, 2020
Key Strategies For Stronger Q3/Q4 2020 Comebacks
Accounting and finance professionals are essential partners for business owners, perhaps never more so than right now. And with COVID-19 recovery on the horizon, they should start preparing their practices for what could be a particularly busy season. Here are three business-readiness tips for ramping up safely and strategically — so that you can help...…
July 31, 2020
FICPA Scholarship Foundation Announces 2020-21 Board and Members
The Florida Institute of CPAs Scholarship Foundation (FICPA) announces the appointment of its 2020-21 Board Chair, Executive Committee and Board of Trustees. Term limits for each seat is three years and are effective July 1, 2020.
July 30, 2020
Wolters Kluwer Launches Global Touchstone Research for Internal Audit
Participants in the Touchstone Research for Internal Audit will receive their placement within the Touchstone Maturity Model for Internal Audit as well as benchmark placement against the full survey results and their peers based on ...
July 30, 2020
Covid Causes Economy to Shrink by 32.9% in Second Quarter
Gross domestic product shrank 9.5% in the second quarter from the first, a drop that equals an annualized pace of 32.9%, the Commerce Department’s initial estimate showed on Thursday. That’s the steepest annualized decline in quarterly records dating ...
July 30, 2020
1 in 3 Small Businesses Owners Using Personal Funds to Keep Businesses Afloat
In addition, 30% of small businesses opened Paycheck Protection Program loans from the Small Business Administration, 24% accessed cash from a business savings account, 20% used a business credit card for financing and 9% took out another type of loan.
July 29, 2020
AICPA Creates New Accounting Scholarships for Black Minneapolis-St. Paul Students
The AICPA Scholarship for Accounting Students in Minneapolis/St. Paul provides $5,000 to accounting students attending colleges or universities in Minneapolis or St. Paul to help cover any education related expenses.
July 29, 2020
Only One Third of Hotels Have Hired Back Half of Employees
Four months into the crisis, only 37 percent of survey respondents report that they have been able to bring back at least half their full-time employees.
July 29, 2020
CES 2021 to be a Virtual Event
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced that CES 2021 will be an all-digital experience. The world's largest technology and innovation tradeshow, CES has been the global stage for 50 years.
July 29, 2020
Xero Makes Toronto Office its North American Hub
The decision marks a major commitment to the Canadian market and Xero’s accelerating investments in North America. Xero will hire product and technology specialists across its cloud accounting platform starting with global Payments, Billing and ...
July 29, 2020
Vertex IPO to Start at $19 per Share
Vertex, Inc., which has filed for an initial public offering scheduled for this week, has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 21,150,000 shares of Class A common stock at a price to the public of $19.00 per share. Vertex is a provider of tax technology and services. In addition, Vertex and certain...…