Accounting

October 15, 2020 

Achieving more with less is the mantra of our times. C-suite leaders demand greater efficiency. CFOs are looking to reduce costs. Customers and employees expect stellar experiences. The ability to outperform these expectations hinges on ...

October 15, 2020 

To individuals who anxiously monitor their investments’ ups-and-downs on their smartphones, a new accounting-journal study offers this counsel: Be wary of push notifications, those audible or visual signals announcing the arrival of news. In an era when professional investors commonly time trades in microseconds, push notifications may be a poor alternative for impatient non-professionals. Heavily...…

October 15, 2020 

This scholarship was available to U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are pursuing licensure and who have some financial need; i.e. not receiving other scholarships or grants or employer reimbursement.

October 14, 2020 

As a sign of its commitment to those ideals, the MACPA’s Board of Directors has appointed a new Education Foundation board to oversee the group’s activities. The appointment of the 12-person board took place during the ...

October 14, 2020 

https://www.tsheets.com/pros/  Intuit VP’s Rich Preece and Matt Rissell of TSheets tell some of the worst accounting jokes you’ve ever heard.

October 13, 2020 

With workers now distributed outside city limits, many companies are unknowingly overpaying these local taxes. The problem is that navigating this tax landscape is extremely complex, especially without accurate, reliable data.

October 13, 2020 

The program is funded by donations to the CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois’ Mary T. Washington Wylie Opportunity Fund, which honors her legacy as the first African-American female CPA in the U.S. and a trailblazer who opened doors for future ...

October 13, 2020 

The 2020 class discussed key issues and interacted with influential leaders in the profession including, Tracy Golden, CPA, CGMA, AICPA chair; Sue Coffey, CPA, CGMA, AICPA executive vice president, public practice; Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA, CEO of the...

October 12, 2020 

In today’s ever-changing work environment, it’s critical that the strategies, processes, and tools you use for your audit practice adapt as quickly as the surrounding marketplace. Download this whitepaper for 10 best practices.

October 12, 2020 

Examples of new disclosures in the Barometer include Critical Audit Matters and COVID-19 – both new issues emerging since the CAQ released the 2019 Barometer. Several other areas of disclosure have reached robust levels in 2020, including a ...

October 12, 2020 

Those pushy emails about “e-payments” were probably enticing. Your vendor sent you an invoice—you forwarded it to your payment provider—and they said to the vendor, “Hey, want to get paid faster? Try e-payments! It’s the future!” Little did your vendor realize, “e-payments” is code for virtual cards and credit cards. They would have to pay...…

October 12, 2020 

New data shows that public companies continue to increase the level of audit committee disclosures in proxy statements but lag behind in a few key areas, according to a report issued jointly by the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) and Audit Analytics.