Accounting

March 9, 2017 

Executives today are being sidetracked by peace negotiations among staff when that time could be better spent negotiating business deals. In a new survey from Accountemps, CFOs said they spend, on average, 15 percent of their time -- or six hours a week.

March 9, 2017 

Thomas was CEO and Senior Partner of KPMG in Canada from 2009 to 2016, leading the firm in achieving strong growth in the market, and making strategic investments that contributed to expanding the firm’s capabilities. In his 28 years with KPMG, ...

March 9, 2017 

A 2014 Harvard University study concluded that the average CEO compensation makeup for a Standard & Poor’s 500 company was comprised of 57.2 percent stock award and options. This statistic asserts that the average S&P 500 corporation compensates its ...

March 9, 2017 

Business executives are reporting their highest level of optimism about prospects for the U.S. economy in more than a dozen years, according to the first-quarter AICPA Economic Outlook Survey, which polls chief executive officers, chief financial ...

March 8, 2017 

Grant Thornton’s global report shows that developing regions continue to outperform developed economies in terms of diversity in senior management. Eastern Europe performed best, with 38 percent of senior roles held by women in 2017, up from ...

March 8, 2017 

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) intended to reduce cost and complexity and to improve financial reporting for nonemployee share-based payments. Stakeholders are encouraged ...

March 7, 2017 

Founded in 1986, Tagetik is a market leader in corporate performance management solutions, supporting the workflow of the Office of the CFO, including financial and operational budgeting and planning, consolidation and close process, financial ...

March 7, 2017 

The financial situation for Uber partners is often different from traditional employees. As independent contractors, Uber partners have to understand potential tax deductions, untangle co-mingled business and personal expenses and stay on top of ...

March 7, 2017 

The Deloitte Foundation has awarded $25,000 grants to 10 top accounting Ph.D. candidates through the Deloitte Foundation’s annual Doctoral Fellowship program. Given to students who plan to pursue academic careers upon graduation, the award will ...

March 7, 2017 

CPAs in Indiana have been taking the course since last fall following a rule change signed by then­Gov. Mike Pence that enables a competency­based course to meet the ethics requirement for CPA license renewal.

March 7, 2017 

Close Management Software Pioneer Expands Capabilities through Partnerships with Microsoft, Egnyte, Google and Okta to Bolster Security and Ease Adoption

March 6, 2017 

Other accounting solutions were created primarily for small businesses and are sold directly to them, claiming to make accounting easier for them. Accountants are their secondary users, and are mainly important as a marketing channel. Accounting Power is the first cloud-based accounting system created exclusively for YOU – the accounting professional – to give you...…