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PCAOB Establishes Inspections Modernization Council
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is forming a new advisory panel as the regulator looks to modernize how it inspects the work of public company audit firms.
March 7, 2017
Intuit and Uber Partner for Financial and Tax Tools for Drivers
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
10 Accounting Ph.D. Students Receive $25,000 Deloitte Fellowship Grants
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
Indiana University East Implements CPA Center of Excellence Ethics Course Into Curriculum
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
FloQast Unveils New Cloud Storage and Security Integrations
Close Management Software Pioneer Expands Capabilities through Partnerships with Microsoft, Egnyte, Google and Okta to Bolster Security and Ease Adoption
March 6, 2017
Accounting Power
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...…
March 6, 2017
68% of Small Businesses Lack Disaster Plan
While most small-business owners don’t have a formal plan, many have taken various steps to prepare for a natural disaster. The majority reported that they can work remotely in case of a natural disaster (82 percent), have duplicated and stored their ...
March 6, 2017
How Retailers Can Take Advantage of Amazon’s Weaknesses
Major opportunities for retailers exist with younger shoppers — 76% of digitally native 18-24 year olds make less than half of purchases on Amazon. This group prefers in-store shopping and a seamless buying experience ...
March 3, 2017
FloQast Appoints Akmaeva to VP Finance Position
Akmaeva has worked in the finance industry for more than a decade. Most recently, she served as corporate controller at TeleSign, a Los Angeles based software security company. In this capacity, Akmaeva managed the global consolidation, implementation ...
March 2, 2017
AICPA Proposes New Guidelines for Allocating Expenses for Exempt Orgs
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has submitted proposed guidelines to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) about how to address the allocation of unrelated business income (UBI) expenses of tax-exempt organizations for dual use facilities and/or ...
March 2, 2017
CRUSH Sales Tax Conference Heading to Austin May 2-3
The event brings together leaders in finance and technology who are enabling the strategic evolution of accounting, CRUSH offers attendees opportunities to learn, educate and network with hundreds of peers and experts.
March 1, 2017
SEC Proposes Inline XBRL Filing of Tagged Data
The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose amendments intended to improve the quality and accessibility of data submitted by public companies and mutual funds using eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).
March 1, 2017
Only 17% of Finance Team Time Spent on Strategic Activities
The CFO Indicator Q4 2016 report reveals that while 85% of CFOs say their teams have direct access to the financial and operational data needed to generate accurate reports, it is the non-value-added tasks—like data gathering, verifying accuracy, and ...