Auditing May 15, 2026
Group Audits: Why Complexity Persists and Why Judgment Still Matters Most
Under new, risk-based standards, group auditors still face critical judgements about complex matters.
June 28, 2018
FinancialForce Announces Advanced PSA Analytics and Next-generation Financial Reporting with Salesforce Einstein Analytics
In today’s customer-centric services economy, organizations are challenged to interpret the overwhelming amount of captured customer and financial data, and adapt to changing market and customer demands at speed. To help tackle these challenges, ...
June 28, 2018
Illinois CPA Society Awards Accounting Students with Scholarships
Supported by contributions to the CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois, the Society’s Scholarship Program recognizes accounting students who demonstrate strong academic performance, leadership qualities and financial need.
June 26, 2018
CFO 2.0: Going Beyond the Finance Function
Assuming roles outside of the finance function is of increasing importance for CFOs. From reporting tools to automation opportunities, CFOs are learning to roll with the punches with a host of new technologies coming online.
June 25, 2018
What’s the Future for Financial Statements in the Digital World?
Audited financial statements are a key underpinning of our financial markets. But are they still relevant in a digital world in which reams of information can be synthesized and analyzed for insight?
June 25, 2018
TaxSlayer Launches Workful – New Small Business Suite with Payroll, HR and Point of Sale
Workful’s two main offerings are a payroll manager and an HR manager, with a point of sale (POS) system soon to join. With the payroll tool, company managers can easily automate payroll for employees by syncing with their employee’s timesheets, ...
June 25, 2018
Business Confidence Exceeds Crisis Preparedness
This year's study uncovered dramatic gaps between a company's confidence that they can respond to crises and its level of preparedness. The gap becomes even more evident when evaluating whether organizations have conducted ...
June 25, 2018
Zillow to Start Buying and Selling Homes Directly
Las Vegas follows Phoenix and becomes the second market where Zillow will directly buy homes, prepare them for sale, and list them as part of its Instant Offers test. The program, which has operated in Phoenix since April, offers consumers convenience...
June 25, 2018
Wymer Brownlee Plans to Double Client Assets in 6-8 Years
To lay the foundation for its growth plan, WBWS has hired professionals across multiple disciplines in recent months, such as law, tax, accounting and marketing, to increase its expertise and capacity to provide holistic wealth management services, as ...
June 25, 2018
Are Grants Subject to Revenue Recognition?
Revenue recognition brought to light a diversity of practice in the way that nonprofit organizations and funders classified grants and contracts from federal, state and local governments and other funding sources such as foundations in the financial ...
June 25, 2018
AICPA and Small Business Administration Form Alliance
As part of this collaboration, the AICPA will be able to direct CPAs whose clients are confronting federal regulatory compliance or enforcement challenges to designated SBA Office of the National Ombudsman (ONO) contacts for assistance in resolving ...
June 25, 2018
Machine Learning and Digital Finance: Empowering Intelligent and Integrated Payment Clearing
In today’s real-time digital world, businesses need to adapt to dynamic opportunities quickly. Finance teams in particular are under pressure to reduce their operating costs, while acting as a strategic partner to various parts of the business. The expectations are clear – reduce the effort spent on manual, routine tasks and focus on new insights...…
June 25, 2018
Forward-Looking Statements Still Mislead Investors, Despite Disclaimers
The first is that, when nonprofessional investors are presented with either of two press releases announcing earnings results for the same company, one containing optimistic forward-looking statements the other not, the former elicits a markedly ...