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.
August 4, 2015
Hillary Clinton Releases Past Tax Returns with Eye on 2016 Election
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
Free Report Focuses on Compliance with New SSARS 21 Standards
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
Want Reform? The Tax Plans of the 2016 Presidential Candidates
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
The Hidden Costs and Trapdoors Of Putting Your Kids Through College
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...
July 29, 2015
Is Your Cell Phone Stalking You? 10 Tips to Keep Your Data Secure
They are the most powerful devices ever carried by human beings. They are a part of every culture, and every nation, on earth. They have replaced cameras, video cameras, watches, land-line phones, fax machines and scanners with better and faster ...
July 29, 2015
Most Accountants Now Prefer Cloud-Based Paperless Payments, Says Survey
According to a recent business payments study fielded by a collection of accounting industry leaders, more than 50 percent of accounting professionals support the idea of moving to paperless payments with 41 percent intending to adopt a cloud-based ...
July 29, 2015
New York CPA Society to Host NextGen 2015 Skills Conference Friday
Some of New York’s most ambitious young CPAs will gather in Midtown Friday for NextGen 2015, an annual interactive career development conference hosted by the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
July 29, 2015
Five Ways 3-D Printing Will Impact the Accounting Profession
the massive expansion of applications and decreasing costs of 3D processing are driving a new generation of additive processes that will revolutionize industries. It will also drive a revolution in accounting.
July 29, 2015
Are You a Bad Boss? 10 Signs That You Might Be
A Gallup survey from last year found that only one in 10 bosses in America has any native talent for management, and only another two in ten could be good managers with a little training and support. That leaves the overwhelming majority of bosses ...
July 29, 2015
Concur Partners with Lyft and HotelTonight for Travel Convenience
A 2015 survey of travel managers found that more than 50 percent say the booming on-demand and sharing economies are a top trend impacting travel programs.
July 28, 2015
Effective Internal Auditing in Today’s Dynamic Business Environment
The world as we know it is rapidly changing. For example, 3D printing devices are revolutionizing design and manufacturing; automated drones are transforming the way goods are delivered; big data analytics are enabling people to slice and dice through ...
July 27, 2015
AICPA Makes Major Revisions to Key Audit Guides
The 2015 edition of the AICPA Audit Guide, Government Auditing Standards and Single Audits, is an indispensable resource for auditors performing single audits of federal expenditures, as well as audits performed in accordance with Government Auditing ...