Accounting

January 9, 2017 

This report comes on the heels of the release of the latest AICPA peer review findings, which were identified during peer reviews of firms that perform audit and attest engagements. The focus of peer reviews is to assess and improve audit quality and ...

January 9, 2017 

There’s no dearth of travel apps available to help consumers book, manage and enjoy their trips. Yet business travelers have different needs: primarily, we have to be extremely organized so as to avoid missing connections and meetings, along with ...

January 9, 2017 

The Leadership Group (LG) will host a webcast to discuss the results of a recent survey regarding talent and workforce priorities of C-Suite top executives including attracting and retaining talent, corporate culture, onboarding plans, turnover ...

January 9, 2017 

Hosted by CPA Practice Advisor, the annual event gathers brings these thought leaders together to discuss emerging trends, technologies and workflow practices that will influence the profession, professionals and clients in the years to come.

January 8, 2017 

TD Economics projects real GDP growth of 1.6 percent in 2016, 2.2 percent in 2017 and 2.0 percent in 2018, with the unemployment rate falling from its current level of 4.6%, to 4.4% by the end of 2018.

January 8, 2017 

Overall, audit committees are largely satisfied that their agendas are properly focused on legal and regulatory compliance issues, maintaining internal controls over financial reporting, and key assumptions underlying critical accounting estimates.

January 5, 2017 

New applications for residential loans took a turn for the worse during the holidays, though purchase-money activity mostly held up compared to a year previous.

January 5, 2017 

Increase in more part-time, outsourced staff; greater number of for-profit CFOs moving to nonprofits; and clustering of services predicted for nonprofit sector

January 5, 2017 

Law Firm Accounting Demystified will be made available in multiple formats and is being released at the perfect time for firms looking to close the books on 2016 and ensure that their accounting is clean, correct, and compliant heading into the new year.

January 2, 2017 

Mortgage rates inched upward, but it was enough to extend the climb to a ninth consecutive week, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate now at 4.32 percent, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey. The 30-year fixed mortgage has an ...

January 2, 2017 

Many brands have already taken out preservatives and removed artificial ingredients - the next challenge is to leverage packaging to convey and deliver freshness without the chemicals that consumers view as undesirable for their health. Brands need to ...

January 2, 2017 

The new protections are called the Seafood Import Monitoring Program, and they are designed to stop illegally fished and intentionally misidentified seafood from getting into stores and restaurants by way of imported fish.