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.
November 2, 2017
Right Networks Acquires Xcentric
The acquisition combines two customer-centric, accounting vertical-focused market leaders, bringing together a comprehensive set of offerings that address every step of the cloud journey for CPA firms, accounting professionals and their SMB clients.
November 1, 2017
Fighting Fraud in the Real-Time Digital Economy
Modern businesses with high growth targets no longer use the slow-build “brick and mortar” approach, instead they’re built from the ground up with digital and global operations in mind. The phenomenon began with ecommerce and adtech - essentially the ...
November 1, 2017
AICPA Renews Mutual Recognition Agreement with Mexico and Canada Accounting Societies
Signers of the 5-year MRA renewal are the AICPA, NASBA, Comité Mexicano para la Práctica Internacional de la Contaduría and Instituto Mexicano de Contadores Públicos, A.C., and CPA Canada.
November 1, 2017
Here’s Why Accountants (Yes, YOU!) Should Be Driving AI Innovation
From blockchain to smart automation to artificial intelligence, accountants today can work smarter than ever. How does that work? Today, we can all benefit from these tools to save time on tedious administrative work and focus more on up-leveling our ...
November 1, 2017
Mike Sabbatis Named CEO of XCM
XCM Founder and CEO Mark Albrecht will be taking on the role of Founder and Chairman, following his passion to deliver innovative solutions to the industry. Mark’s innovative vision and experience in the industry engendered the first cloud-based ...
November 1, 2017
Intuit and Capital One Announce Data Sharing Agreement
Capital One Financial Corporation has announced an agreement with Intuit Inc. allowing Capital One customers who use Intuit’s suite of services including QuickBooks Online, Mint, and TurboTax, to securely import their financial data without sharing ...
November 1, 2017
Do Investors Benefit from Corporate Audit Committees?
Now a study in the American Accounting Association journal The Accounting Review assesses the 18-year-old SEC rule (which was largely integrated into the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), and questions whether investors have benefited from it at all.
October 31, 2017
More than Half of Small Businesses Have Suffered Some Form of Cyber Attack or Breach
One in three victims spent at least $50,000 to recover from a cyber attack, yet rebuilding reputation and customer trust can take more than a year.
October 31, 2017
New Cryptocurrency Accounting and Audit Platform Launched
Verady has been working closely with Aprio over the past several years to assist with auditing one of the world's largest cryptocurrency payment processing companies. Today, Verady officially launched the platform that made all of this possible, VeraNet.
October 31, 2017
Survey Shows More U.S. Businesses Are Reporting Profits and Increased Hiring
Demand for financing is down across the board among all size businesses. Financing for planned growth or expansion, including acquisitions not yet realized was down from 66 percent in Q2 2017 to 62 percent in Q3 2017.
October 30, 2017
Corporate R&D Spending Hits Record High
Annual worldwide corporate R&D spending broke through $700bn in annual investment, according to an annual analysis of R&D spending across 1000 global public companies by PwC’s Strategy&. It shows corporate R&D spending increased a steady 3% in the past year, bouncing back from less than 1% increase previously. However, in a global survey with 562...…
October 30, 2017
Intuit to Acquire Exactor
Intuit plans to integrate this feature into QuickBooks Online making it easy for its retail customers to accurately track and file sales tax returns on-time, every time.