Auditing December 19, 2025
PCAOB Censures and Fines Texas Firm for Audit Failures
Sugar Land, TX-based accounting firm TPS Thayer was sanctioned on Dec. 4 for violations that include failing to supervise an unregistered China-based firm.
June 12, 2017
CFOs Optimistic, But Lower Their Sales Expectations
Despite this optimism, most of the survey’s other key metrics suggest CFOs expect substantial challenges in 2014. The expectation for sales growth reached a historic low of 4.1* percent, falling from 5.0* percent in the third quarter.
June 12, 2017
Is It Time To Update Your Resume?
Following is a section-by-section breakdown of resume best practices, along with some Resumania examples — flubs by real job seekers Robert Half has run across that should not be emulated.
June 9, 2017
8 Steps to Compliance with New Revenue Recognition Standards
For most companies and financial organizations, all eyes may be on regulatory changes and tax reform. But as we approach mid-year, public and private entities must also prepare for adoption of new revenue recognition standards established by the Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB). The deadline for implementation of the...…
June 9, 2017
Financial Choice Act Offers Key Banking Reforms
New proposed legislation, introduced by Representative Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), is making headlines because it effectively rolls back the regulatory reforms included in the landmark 2010 Dodd-Frank Act. The “Financial Choice Act,” which passed in the ...
June 9, 2017
Social Media and Mobile Devices Spur Growth in Lawsuits
While social media sites and mobile devices offer expanded communication and flexible work options, they are also causing a spike in litigation.
June 9, 2017
5 Technology Trends in Business Payments
B2B payments are fundamentally different than consumer payments, for three main reasons. First, there is the sheer volume of payments businesses make. A small enterprise might be making 100,000 payments a year on 200,000 invoices, and working with ...
June 8, 2017
What Millennial Business Owners Want from Accounting Firms
Accounting firms that want to attract millennial-led businesses as clients should diversify services, provide a digital experience and work in the cloud, according to a new survey from Bill.com.
June 7, 2017
Wolters Kluwer Wins Three Accounting Firm Operations and Technology Survey Awards
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting solutions have been named winners in all three award categories in the 4th Annual Accounting Firm Operations and Technology (AFOT) Survey. CCH ProSystem fx Tax won top honors in the Profitability Awards ...
June 7, 2017
70% of Companies May Miss New Revenue Recognition Standard Deadline
Nearly 70 percent of respondents polled during the recent Deloitte-Bloomberg BNA revenue recognition conference said their organizations are still assessing how they will implement the new standard.
June 7, 2017
8 Tips for Understanding Attestation Engagements under SSAE 18
While most clients request typical accounting or audit services from their CPA firms, many have specific needs that firms are often unable to meet through traditional preparation, compilation, review or audit engagements related to the financial ...
June 7, 2017
2017 Innovation Award Winners Announced in Los Angeles
The 2017 Tax and Accounting Technology Innovation Awards, now in their 14th year, highlight this progress in workflow management and client collaboration, with this year’s winners all offering cloud-based solutions that enhance firm operations.
June 6, 2017
Thomson Reuters Launches Checkpoint Learning Small Business Start-Up Certificate Program
Thomson Reuters has launched the Checkpoint Learning Small Business Start-Up Certificate Program for accounting professionals who seek to increase their knowledge of small business issues in order to better serve the fastest growing sector of ...