Accounting

January 18, 2018 

With an outstanding array of partners in the Xero community, it’s difficult to recognize just one partner in each award category. We’d like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone involved in the Xero community, we couldn’t do it without each and every o

January 16, 2018 

The implementation dates for FASB’s ASC 842 standard are quickly approaching. Yet, most companies adopting the new standard haven’t even reached the halfway point in their implementation projects. However, there are a few early movers who have made ...

January 16, 2018 

The survey of more than 500 ITDMs found that many businesses are potentially ill-prepared for the growing number of malicious and accidental events as well as natural disasters that lead to data access failure and business outages. The data also ...

January 16, 2018 

Public companies reported a median increase of 1.3 percent, compared with 1.6 percent in 2015. Private companies reported a median increase of 3.7 percent, compared with 2.9 percent for 2015 audits. Non-profit respondents reported a median increase ...

January 16, 2018 

The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has announced important updates to the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) Examination. The CIA exam is a three-part exam designed to test candidates’ knowledge, skills, and abilities related to current global ...

January 16, 2018 

Vertex Cloud’s SOC 2 report validates the security of hosted solutions and helps satisfy customer requirements. This includes obtaining assurance over third-parties who host their data and the effectiveness of the solution’s compliance or operations ...

January 16, 2018 

Half of all US consumers report that they understand the issue of net neutrality – regardless of whether they are following the neutrality debate closely. Among those who say they do understand net neutrality, 72% favor it – 8 points higher than the...

January 16, 2018 

Online fraud attempts and general retail transaction volumes increased substantially during the 2017 holiday season, according to new benchmark data from ACI Worldwide. Fraud attempts in the period from Thanksgiving Day to December 31 increased by 22 ...

January 16, 2018 

42 percent of affluent shoppers now frequently shop at discount retailers versus only 27 percent at full price retailers, with 36 percent saying their discount shopping has increased. Twenty-one percent of affluent respondents also reported they were ...

January 15, 2018 

From the spread ransomware attacks to targeted data breaches, no business is safe from the hands of a hacker. We take a look back at 2017 to uncover some of the biggest and most shocking cyber attacks on some of the world’s largest companies. More than any other, 2017 has been the year of the...…

January 15, 2018 

While 48% of small business owners say they would support legislation requiring paid family leave, larger businesses are much more likely to do so with 78% of those respondents with 20-500 employees indicating they would support such legislation.

January 15, 2018 

If SCOTUS decides in favor of South Dakota, that decision would pave the way for all states to tax remote sales. Exactly how they would do that is, at this point, unclear.