Accounting

August 9, 2015 

A new online service is making gift giving easier. GiftStarter allows family and friends to combine individual budgets to give better gifts to loved ones.

August 9, 2015 

The award, sponsored by the AICPA, is bestowed upon a student who has experienced extreme hardships in his or her life and who has demonstrated an unusually high level of success despite that adversity. The award includes a $5,000 cash stipend.

August 7, 2015 

The move to same-day ACH is game-changing. The rule would enable the option for same-day ACH payments through new ACH Network functionality.

James Paille

August 7, 2015 

Thomson Reuters has launched its new Corporate CPE Network subscription to help corporate professionals acquire up-to-date information, recommendations and best practices needed to understand, plan for, and implement new tax law and accounting ...

August 4, 2015 

A new research project by the Wisconsin School of Business aimed at providing auditors, regulators, and policy-makers with a model for understanding and interpreting audit studies is one of three projects to receive funding from the Center for Audit Quali

August 4, 2015 

Private foundations use Form 990-PF to report on their activities and charitable distribution as well as figure taxes based on investment income. Debuting in 1974, the outdated Form 990-PF is difficult to follow and has caused confusion to those in ...

August 4, 2015 

At its core, business is simply a network of interconnected conversations. And the health of a company can often be gauged by watching the interactions between employees and their leaders.

August 4, 2015 

Today’s CEOs face a host of complex business challenges, including how to harness disparate streams of data to generate pragmatic insights and deliver increased profitability. The difficulty CEOs face is not in obtaining the data, but in determining ...

August 4, 2015 

If Hillary Clinton is elected president of the United States next year, she’s going to have to take a pay-cut. In an effort to provide greater transparency in her presidential bid, the Democratic frontrunner released eight years worth of tax returns on July 31, all of them joint returns filed with her husband, former President...…

August 3, 2015 

A new report called The Potential Pitfalls of SSARS 21 is now available from Thomson Reuters Checkpoint. The report focuses on significant changes to the Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS) to help CPAs avoid potential ...

August 2, 2015 

The field for next year’s presidential derby is crowded and prospective candidates have started jockeying for position. One of the main issues that can set these politicians apart is tax reform. Some candidates have already unveiled detailed proposals ...

July 31, 2015 

Just think of it. The College Board tells us that the average cost of tuition and fees for the 2014–2015 school year was $31,231 at private colleges, $9,139 for state residents at public colleges, and $22,958 for out-of-state residents attending public...

Jim Chilton