Financial Reporting May 7, 2026
CFOs Keep Moving on Growth, Despite Concerns on Iran and Inflation
Cutting costs remains finance leaders’ top priority, but growth has moved sharply higher on the agenda.
March 30, 2016
73% of U.S. Companies Report Payment Fraud Attempts in 2015
BEC scams, short for business email compromise, are an increasingly common type of fraud which greatly impacts wire fraud. In 2015, 64 percent of organizations were exposed to BEC scams. Though checks continue to be the payment method most targeted by ...
March 30, 2016
KPMG Tops Rankings for Forensic, Investigations, Data & Tech Management and Litigation Valuation
KPMG's Forensic practice helps organizations achieve the highest level of integrity and manage the cost and risk of litigation, investigations, and regulatory enforcement actions by assisting with the prevention, detection and response to fraud ...
March 29, 2016
Midsized Businesses Struggling With Tax Compliance
The research revealed that nearly half of business owners do not know how many fines they incurred in the past 12 months or how much they cost their organizations.
March 29, 2016
Aplos Releases New Nonprofit Fund Accounting System
Advanced Accounting includes features for nonprofits to manage budgets for each of their designated funds, enabling tight controls for managers. Organizations can also build custom reports by department, campaign, project or custom segment.
March 28, 2016
Entrepreneur Survey Shows Confidence in Business Outlook
Compared to last year's March 2015 GEI survey, EO's year-over-year global data reveals a sustained entrepreneurial optimism across the globe. In the U.S., more than half of the 2,954 businesses surveyed also reported an increase in full-time (60%) and ...
March 28, 2016
Debit Cards Gaining on Cash for Small Purchases
There's a clear generational divide: 41% of people under age 50 prefer cash for small transactions and 40% like debit. Among those 50 and older, cash is the runaway winner (74%). Millennials are the most likely to use debit (46%) and credit cards (18%).
March 28, 2016
Small Businesses Still Hesistant on Digital Marketing
Two reasons shape small businesses' decisions to hold back on digital marketing: (1) Perceived costs of digital marketing, and (2) inexperience with the required tools and strategies.
March 24, 2016
U.S. Mortgage Rates Drop Slightly; 30-Year At 3.9%
Mortgage rates declined modestly this week breaking a three-week string of increases, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate slipping to 3.90 percent, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey. The 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of
March 24, 2016
Millennials Prefer Facebook, YouTube For Purchasing Decisions
Their preference for videos has most Millennials turning to YouTube and Facebook, which frequently embeds video content. The report was commissioned by Sacunas, an integrated business-to-business (B2B) marketing agency.
March 24, 2016
Exotic Dancer Found Guilty of “Tax Seduction”
This wasn’t just a case of dollar bills being tucked into a G-string. A jury determined that the dancer failed to report close to $1 million -- $850,000, to be exact -- in taxable income from performing private dances and sexual favors during the ...
March 23, 2016
Women Financial Leaders Say Self-Confidence is Critical to Success
Nearly 80 percent of female financial advisors attending the first-ever Edward Jones Women's Conference say confidence is among the biggest factors impacting leadership, success and fulfillment in a career.
March 23, 2016
RSM Launches Mid-Market Economic Business Index
The national accounting firm RSM US LLP (RSM) has released the first RSM Middle Market Business Index (MMBI). Developed in partnership with Moody’s Analytics, the index is designed to reflect business conditions in the U.S. middle market, while providing a statistically significant measure of the health and outlook for these businesses. RSM provides audit, tax...…