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June 1, 2018
AICPA Issues SSARS 24 to Address International Reporting Issues in Compilations and Reviews
Of most significance, SSARS No. 24 will create a new AR-C section 100 in AICPA Professional Standards to provide requirements and guidance for a CPA engaged to perform a compilation or review when:
June 1, 2018
IFRS 17 is Coming: Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting Offers Webinars and eBook
On January 1, 2021 - IFRS 17 - one of the biggest changes to insurance accounting in more than 20 years, goes into effect. According to the International Accounting Standards Board, $13 trillion total assets of 450 listed insurers using International ...
May 31, 2018
Father’s Day Spending to Reach $15.3 Billion
Father’s Day spending is expected to total a near-record $15.3 billion this year, according to a study released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. A total of 77 percent of Americans will celebrate Father’s Day ...
May 25, 2018
Experts Predict Next Recession Will Start in 2020
Less than a year ago, panelists in this survey named geopolitical crisis as the most prominent likely cause of the next recession. Those concerns have fallen below policy-related fears like trade policy, a correction in the stock market or an ...
May 25, 2018
IAASB Launches Survey to Identify Key Issues
The survey serves as an important tool to help identify key issues for consideration in developing its future strategy in the context of the IAASB’s broad strategic focus and the changing environment, and with the overriding objective of serving the ...
May 25, 2018
New Resource for Nonprofits and FASB ASU 2016-14
While the overall goal of FASB ASU 2016-14 is to provide more useful information to donors, grantors, creditors, and other users of financial statements, particularly addressing the long-term sustainability of the organization, questions remain for ...
May 24, 2018
5 Retirement Tips for Small Business Owners
Preparing financially for retirement can be complicated for anyone, but for small business owners the process often poses even more challenges.
May 24, 2018
Dry-Docking: A Ship-Owner’s Accounting Dilemma
The accounting treatment for the dry-docking process has been debated for a long time may be because of the complications associated with the nature of the process. The debate mainly revolved around whether to capitalize the dry-docking costs or to ...
May 23, 2018
Adaptive Insights Launches Customer Journey Program
The new customer program is anchored by a new website that provides a broad view of the possibilities for more collaborative and comprehensive planning and then walks customers through the considerations for implementing the selected elements of their ...
May 23, 2018
Why Compliance is a CPA’s Competitive Weapon for 2018
As economies, businesses, and people progress through innovation, so must accountants adapt to the evolving role of finance. The days of the one-dimensional CPA number cruncher are long gone. Accountants are increasingly expected to master areas ...
May 22, 2018
FBI Tips on Network Security for Small Business
In addition to securing your data, there are everyday network security concerns that we all face. Here’s what we learned by talking with a James M.T. Morrison, a Senior Computer Scientist at the FBI who is working to educate and empower companies to be mo
May 22, 2018
What AI Means for the Accounting Profession: Part II
We see a number of products that are running crude AI today and vendors that are pretty far along in their use of AI. Getting products that apply to small and medium businesses are more of a challenge, but we see efforts at Intuit, Xero, BQE Core, ...