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Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Voting in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Readers can vote for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
January 16, 2017
QuickBooks Online: Where Business, Employee and Payroll Management Intersect
QuickBooks Online and TSheets create a deep integration designed to put payroll and time tracking seamlessly in the hands of small business owners and their accountants.
January 16, 2017
What is a Business? FASB Clarifies Definition
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) that clarifies the definition of a business. The ASU affects all companies and other reporting organizations that must determine whether they have ...
January 15, 2017
Generation Z Still Prefers Brick and Mortar Stores
With the global Gen Z population set to reach 2.6 billion by 2020, retailers need to create more interactive engagement around their brands to serve the “always on,” mobile-focused, high-spending demographic, according to the study.
January 12, 2017
List Highlights Top-Rated Tax and Accounting Pros
When searching for tax and accounting help, it can be hard to determine who is a superstar and who is nonresponsive. The TaxBuzz Top 50 recognizes the best-reviewed and highest-rated CPAs, EAs and tax professionals of 2016.
January 11, 2017
Americans Spent $46 Billion on Gift Cards in 2016
Gift cards have become not only an acceptable substitute for more traditional gift options, but are increasingly expected and eagerly used, especially among "older" Millennial adults, according to market research firm Packaged Facts in the report ...
January 11, 2017
NVCA Adds New Award Categories for 2017
The new award categories include the Rising Star Award, Excellence in Healthcare Innovation Award and the Venture Firm of the Year Award. These three new award categories join the current roster of awards that includes the Lifetime Achievement in ...
January 11, 2017
AICPA Issues Revenue Recognition Working Drafts for Aerospace, Telecom and Time-Shares
The AICPA’s Financial Reporting Executive Committee (FinREC) has issued four new working drafts of accounting issues related to the implementation of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers – for ...
January 11, 2017
CFOs Say Sloppy Work is Biggest Peeve
More than one-third (35 percent) of CFOs cited lacking attention to detail or sloppy work as the most annoying behavior by coworkers.
January 11, 2017
83% of Businesses May Be at Risk Due to Organizational and IT Factors
It is estimated that in 2017, more than $94 billion will be invested in security solutions, per industry analyst forecasts, yet nearly half of organizations report having had a breach either internal or external in the last twelve months.
January 10, 2017
Scholarships Available for Accounting Students
The Foundation awards scholarships to undergraduates who are U.S. or Canadian citizens majoring in accounting at an accredited two- or four-year college or university in the United States. Since it was formed in 1969, the NSA Scholarship Foundation ...
January 10, 2017
Accounting Professor Receives Award for Research on Whistleblowing
The AICPA, CIMA and the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA), have honored Bryan R. Stikeleather, Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business, with the 2017 Greatest ...
January 10, 2017
New Accounting Credential for Entity and Intangible Valuations
The AICPA, the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) are offering a new credential that will enhance the quality, consistency and transparency of fair value measurement results in financial reporting.