Accounting

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March 6, 2018 

Captive Insurance

A captive insurer is generally defined as an insurance company that is wholly owned and controlled by its insureds; its primary purpose is to insure the risks of its owners, and its insureds benefit from the captive insurer’s underwriting profits.

Craig Smalley

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March 6, 2018 

AICPA Issues Interpretation on Dual Reporting

The AICPA Auditing Standards Board (ASB) has released auditing interpretation No. 4, “Reporting on Audits Conducted in Accordance With Auditing Standards Generally Accepted in the U.S. and the Standards of the PCAOB,” to AU-C section 700, Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements. It is designed to provide guidance on how an auditor complies...…

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March 6, 2018 

Ron Baker, CPA, Inducted into Accounting Hall of Fame

Ron Baker, a CPA who has significantly shaped the accounting profession by developing and evangelizing the value pricing model of accounting firm management, has been inducted into CPA Practice Advisor's Accounting Hall of Fame.

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March 5, 2018 

Host Analytics Launches Project Orion EPM System

Cloud-based enterprise performance management (EPM) solution provider Host Analytics has introduced Project Orion, a revolutionary offering aimed at disrupting the EPM market by introducing the world’s first EPM product specifically designed for ...

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March 1, 2018 

Business Leaders Getting More Serious About Security

One defense strategy in particular is gaining popularity: Two-thirds (66 percent) of CIOs reported using multifactor authentication processes, such as tokens and biometrics. This is up 25 percentage points from a similar survey in 2015.

Firm Automation

February 28, 2018 

CFOs Say Automation is Negating Need for Excel Skills

CFOs are embracing automation across various areas of finance, driven in large part by a requirement to be more strategic and provide better analyses. That's according to the latest global CFO Indicator report from Adaptive Insights, which explores ...

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February 26, 2018 

7 Questions to Gain More Business Valuation Engagements

Business owners have 80 to 90 percent of their financial wealth locked up within their businesses, according to the Exit Planning Institute, which trains and advises succession planning professionals. However, survey after survey by the institute ...