Accounting October 6, 2026
The 2026 AI Finance Stack
73 tools worth knowing, how I would put them together, and the trends behind why finance teams are picking them.
May 18, 2017
IBM Partners with Maryland CPAs for Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
IBM will provide an advanced cognitive and data skills platform to accounting professionals to more quickly acquire data science, business analytics and AI skills. By acquiring cognitive skills, accounting professionals can play a bigger role in ...
May 17, 2017
3 Reasons Why Even the Best Business Ideas Can Fail
We’ve all heard the expression “innovate or die.” But there are endless examples of companies that made cutting-edge ideas a priority, yet their can’t-miss products – and sometimes the businesses themselves – died untimely deaths anyway.
May 17, 2017
Deloitte and SAP Collaborate for Machine Learning, IoT and Blockchain
Deloitte Consulting and SAP are expected to co-innovate on the development of offerings that will help organizations benefit from the expanded SAP® Leonardo portfolio—to automate processes, gain deeper insights for decision-making, and deliver ...
May 17, 2017
Small Businesses Lose Confidence in Doing Business Abroad
Optimism and growth in doing business overseas remain strong among small businesses at 57 percent, but that represents a significant dip compared to last year’s report, when it was as high as 96 percent.
May 17, 2017
Awards Announced by Center for Audit Quality and American Accounting Association
The Access to Audit Personnel Program will connect these researchers with 400 audit staff and managers at CAQ Governing Board firms: BDO, Crowe, Deloitte, EY, Grant Thornton, KPMG, PwC, and RSM. Now in the program’s fifth year, the CAQ and the AAA ...
May 17, 2017
Insurance Companies Not Prepared to Implement New Accounting Standards
More than 60 percent of the insurance companies are not prepared to implement a new auditing standard, according to a survey conducted by top 10 accounting firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly). The survey found that these organizations ...
May 16, 2017
Overview of SOC 2 Reports and Updated Trust Principle Criteria
A SOC 2 attestation focuses on an organization’s controls in areas such as operations and compliance. It is performed in accordance with AT Section 101: Attest Engagements, and this report is generally best suited for financial services, health care ...
May 16, 2017
The Big Lie About S-Corporations
Generally, my advice was to form an LLC and then have it taxed as an S-Corporation. But there are many things to examine here. Let’s say that someone is working full time and this is their side business. Wouldn’t it just make sense to form an LLC and ...
May 15, 2017
Study Questions Accounting Manipulation to Meet Investor Priorities
Just how much weight do investors assign to revenues as distinct from earnings? New research in the June issue of Accounting Horizons, a journal of the American Accounting Association, finds this answer to vary considerably among five major business ...
May 15, 2017
Where Are U.S. Businesses Looking to Expand Globally in 2017-2018?
The study ‘Venture Further: what drives international expansion and investment by US businesses?’ canvassed the views of 250 US-based C-Suite Executives to explore the motivations and challenges of US-headquartered multinationals in taking their ...
May 15, 2017
10 Steps Government Can Take to “Harness Power of Data” to Grow Economy
Congress is overlooking many opportunities to have the federal government publish more of the data it already gathers, collect more data that can be put to valuable use, and encourage the private sector to make better use of data, according to a new ...
May 15, 2017
CPE Webinars for Tax and Accounting Pros Offered by National Society of Accountants
The National Society of Accountants (NSA) has announced the latest courses in its series of ConnectED Webinars, which are approved for continuing professional education (CPE) by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), National Association of State ...