Accounting

 Helping Your Restaurant Clients Navigate Accounting Software

April 24, 2017 

Helping Your Restaurant Clients Navigate Accounting Software

Running a restaurant presents a unique set of accounting challenges for many managers and owners. Issues such as transient staff, high transaction volume and theft are key concerns for restaurant owners, and having a robust system in place to handle these situations can go a long way. From general purpose accounting software to restaurant-specific accounting...…

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April 21, 2017 

Green Finance Practices for Earth Day

Accounting firms looking to be a little greener have many ways to accomplish the goal. With Earth Day coming up (Saturday, April 22), Basware is offering some tips, starting with adopting paperless business processes throughout their financial ...

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April 21, 2017 

Survey Shows Doubt on Value of Mandatory Auditor Rotation

Perhaps no issue in contemporary accounting has drawn more attention than that of mandatory auditor rotation – whether companies should be required, in the cause of sound financial reporting, to periodically change audit firms or audit-firm engagement ...

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April 21, 2017 

Expensify Adds New Features to Partnership Program

In addition to these new features, Expensify has also introduced a new tier in the Approved! Program called the Champion tier, whereby firms that adopt Expensify internally get an additional 5% discount for both internal firm use as well as for their ...

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April 20, 2017 

KPMG Dismisses Head of Audit Practice, 5 Others for Conduct

The firm learned in late February, from an internal source, that an individual who had joined KPMG from the PCAOB subsequently received confidential information from a then-employee of the PCAOB, and shared that information with other KPMG personnel.

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April 20, 2017 

Venture Capital Funding Hits $17.3 Billion in Q1 2017

With much of the uncertainty from 2016 subsiding in the U.S., there are signs of optimism in the venture capital (VC) market as total investment in the first quarter of 2017 reached $17.3B across 1,809 deals, according to Venture Pulse, a quarterly ...

 AICPA Proposes New ERISA Auditing Standards

April 20, 2017 

AICPA Proposes New ERISA Auditing Standards

This proposed SAS addresses the auditor’s responsibilities to form an opinion and report on the financial statements of ERISA plan financial statements, and the form and content of such reporting, including reporting on specific plan provisions ...

 25% of Age 50-Plus Americans are Confident in Personal Finances

April 19, 2017 

25% of Age 50-Plus Americans are Confident in Personal Finances

People aged 50-plus will generate $83 billion in revenue for the fast-emerging alternative financial services sector over the next five years, according to AARP's Financial Innovation Frontiers report released today. The research also found that only ...

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April 17, 2017 

Are Your Clients Ready for a Corporate Governance Review?

Corporate governance is an increasingly key component of insurance regulatory reviews, with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and state regulators targeting new reporting requirements at your corporate governance structure and ...