Accounting

October 12, 2015 

The 2016 version of QuickBooks Desktop strives to help accounting professionals achieve three main goals: be more efficient; gain better insights; and let their expertise shine.

October 9, 2015 

With more businesses utilizing contractors to perform services traditionally relegated to employees, the need for sound 1099 processing and reporting is more important than ever before. There are numerous types of 1099 forms processed and filed ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

October 8, 2015 

The FASB has a project underway to improve accounting rules for financial instruments and is expected to issue a final standard in late 2015 to make targeted improvements to existing Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

October 8, 2015 

Fees paid by public and private companies to outside financial auditing firms increased from 3 to 3.4 percent over the last year, according to a report from the Financial Executives Research Foundation.

October 8, 2015 

vCita Mobile is an integrated, customizable client engagement and CRM app that enables small business to access information, perform critical client facing tasks, and quickly serve customers 24x7, while saving resources on routine tasks such as ...

October 8, 2015 

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released a report outlining widespread servicing failures reported by both federal and private student loan borrowers. Consumers describe companies using a wide range of sloppy, patchwork practices that can create obstacles to repayment, raise costs, cause distress, and contribute to driving struggling borrowers to default. The Bureau has...…

October 7, 2015 

Biz2Credit will become part of CPA.com’s Partner Solutions, a lineup of best-in-class services that CPA firms can offer clients seeking business efficiency, flexibility and better financial insight into their operations. For CPAs, these services can ...

October 6, 2015 

Finance ministers for the G20 countries called on the OECD to develop the BEPS Action Plan to help nations align their corporate tax policies. This week, the OECD will present the plan to the G20 finance ministers in Lima, Peru.

October 6, 2015 

Organic growth for Grant Thornton was strong across all businesses. All of the firm’s industry groups also grew in fiscal year 2015, with Consumer & Industrial Products (CIP), Energy and Financial Services seeing double-digit gains.

October 6, 2015 

Bill.com has launched its Accountant Resource Center as a major new feature of the Bill.com Accountant Program. The Center includes valuable tools and best practice guidance to fuel the growth of bookkeeping and bill pay services.

October 5, 2015 

Roger CPA Review has launched significant updates to its Interactive Practice Questions (IPQ) and CPA Exam Simulation software system. The team of educators and eLearning software developers have designed the system based on the 2017 CPA Exam changes ...

October 4, 2015 

International Accounting Bulletin’s “Audit Innovation of the Year” award recognizes organizations that make a major impact on audit quality and client service. Entries were judged based on demonstrated improvements in quality; efficiency, accuracy, and...