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.
April 28, 2020
Creativity is Great, Just Not in Accounting
As the quarterly earnings call with investors nears, every CFO, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller gets that funny feeling in their stomachs regarding the forecast—the estimate of the company’s next quarter earnings.
April 28, 2020
AICPA ENGAGE Conference to be All-Digital This Year
The core conference taking place online from July 20–24. The event, designed for accounting and finance professionals, is sponsored by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
April 27, 2020
Covid-19 Having Significant Impact on Financial Auditors
Although digital advances continue to influence how audits are conducted and how evidence is gathered, as well as aspects of the reporting process, for many firms the crisis is creating a systemic shock to normal client engagement activities.
April 27, 2020
American Financial Satisfaction Sees Largest Drop in a Decade
The most notable factor driving the quarter-over-quarter PFSi decline was the PFS 750 Market index, an AICPA proprietary stock index comprised of the 750 largest companies trading on the US Market.
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April 27, 2020
New Jersey Society of CPAs Grants More Than $380,000 in Accounting Scholarships
More than 220 high school and college accounting students applied for the awards, with students from Rutgers University, The College of New Jersey and Seton Hall topping the list of college recipients.
April 27, 2020
Thomson Reuters and Prime Global Partner to Promote Inclusivity and Diversity
The series will focus on a variety of issues, from corporate planning in an evolving accounting ecosystem to diversity within the profession. Leaders from both Thomson Reuters and PrimeGlobal will participate in a series of virtual events highlighting ...
April 26, 2020
21 Million Taxpayers Delayed Filing Past April 15
As of April 17, 2020, the IRS reported that 115,961,000 individuals had filed their 2019 tax returns, compared to 137,233,000 returns filed for 2018 by April 19, 2019. That is 21,272,000 less— a drop-off of 15.5%.
April 25, 2020
SSI, VA Benefit Recipients and RR Retirees Must Act by May 5 to Add Dependents
Supplemental Security Income and Department of Veterans Affairs beneficiaries need to act by May 5 if they didn’t file a tax return in 2018 or 2019 and have dependents so they can quickly receive the full amount of their Economic Impact Payment.
April 24, 2020
American Financial Satisfaction Sees Largest Drop in a Decade
As the COVID-19 pandemic has strained the U.S. economy and put millions out of work, Americans have experienced the biggest drop in their personal financial satisfaction in more than a decade.
April 24, 2020
CARES Act Allows Employers to Defer Employer Portion of Social Security Payroll Taxes
Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was signed into law on March 27, 2020, businesses may delay paying the employer portion of the Social Security payroll taxes on wages paid for the period from ...
April 24, 2020
Survey Shows Impact of COVID-19 on the Accounting Profession
Firms that already had at least one cloud system in place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic fared far better than firms that did not have any cloud systems in place.
April 24, 2020
PPP Refilled with $320 Billion as New $484 Billion Coronavirus Relief Bill Signed into Law
The final bill includes $320 billion to make new loans under the Paycheck Protection Program, which provides forgivable loans to small business that keep employees on the payroll for eight weeks. The measure includes $60 billion in EIDL.