Accounting

December 3, 2014 

The latest Blackbaud Index shows that online giving increased 10.6% for the three months ending October 2014 as compared to the same period in 2013. Overall charitable giving to nonprofits increased 0.2% for the period.

December 3, 2014 

Payroll practitioners spend the end of the year helping their clients prepare for year-end and the upcoming year. But year-end planning isn’t just for the clients they serve. It’s equally as important that they spend time prepping their own businesses as well. There are a few items that you will want to ensure makes your...…

Taija Sparkman

December 2, 2014 

When a series of loan defaults in 2007 and 2008 plunged much of the world into a financial crisis, many of the "too big to fail" financial giants, the same ones that supplied the individual and business loans our economy relied on, were forced to complete

December 2, 2014 

Who are the most influential leaders in professional accounting? Increasingly, they are female professionals who are engaged in public practice, consultants or developing the technologies that help all accounting pros be more efficient and productive.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

December 1, 2014 

The Alliance for Main Street Fairness (AMSF) has launched a television advertising campaign to urge lawmakers on the imminent threat posed by China's online mega-retailer—Alibaba—as it enters the U.S. retail market. Retailers are imploring the ...

December 1, 2014 

The UC “Accounting is our LIFO” team competed against 5,000 students from 95 colleges and universities around the country.

December 1, 2014 

The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to fund independent academic research on auditing-related topics.

November 29, 2014 

Today marks the arrival of Small Business Saturday, the fifth annual national event co-sponsored by American Express to encourage holiday shoppers to spend some of their cash at locally-owned storefronts in their neighborhood.

November 28, 2014 

Expectations from business owners and clients have changed. This is particularly true with accounting software and the impact on traditional write-up services.

Randy Johnston

November 27, 2014 

I go to a lot of accounting conferences. Frequently I'm a speaker, talking as one practicing accountant to other accountants about improving communication with their clients and colleagues. Over the years, I've noticed a few problems with these conferences that I would like to rectify.

Gail Perry

November 26, 2014 

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued for public comment a Preliminary Views, Leases, which includes proposals to improve the accounting and financial reporting for leases for state and local governments from both a lessee ...

November 26, 2014 

For the customer service sector, the holiday season is crunch time. With more shoppers, more sales, more shipping, more advertisements, and more product demand, there's (so much) more potential for something to go wrong. At the same time, shoppers' expect