Accounting

January 30, 2014 

The Accounting Degree Review has published a meta-ranking of the top 30 undergraduate accounting schools of 2014. Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management earned the top spot in the ranking.

January 29, 2014 

A budget is based on a set of assumptions that are generally not too far distant from the operating conditions under which it was formulated.

Bethany O'Hoyt

January 29, 2014 

Cloud accounting application Xero announced new partnerships today with personal bill tracking application Manilla and web hosting company Squarespace. The company’s announcement comes close after the December launch of Xero Payroll, the announcement of the product’s support for file attachments, and integrations with non-traditional lending sources like Kabbage and FundBox.

Brian Tankersley

January 29, 2014 

Now is a great time to sort out any anomalies that could complicate year-end and W-2 processing. And two of the most common are overpayments and repayments.

James Paille

January 29, 2014 

The new health insurance laws still have many individuals and small business owners scratching their heads. In an effort to help those in North Carolina, Tim Robinson, CPA, tax director at the CPA Firm of Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP, in the Raleigh-Durham area, recently spoke to financial executives on compliance with the Affordable Care…

January 29, 2014 

Program prepares minority students interested in the CPA profession for successful internships at Illinois accounting firms.

January 29, 2014 

A 75-year-old Aiken, South Carolina woman on recently wired her grandson $1,300 for bond after he was arrested in Mexico for drug possession. The only problem is, it wasn't her grandson -- it was a scammer cheating the woman out of money.

January 28, 2014 

Many accountants desire to reduce reliance on providing often-commoditized services such as tax preparation and financial statements, but how do you get your practice moving in another direction?

January 28, 2014 

It’s an ongoing challenge for many small businesses owners: finding time to sit down with their off-site accountant to go through queries on financial documents. Now a company has come up with an innovative solution designed to bridge this gap between the business and their accountant.

January 28, 2014 

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) issued the following statement by President and CEO Barry C. Melancon, CPA, CGMA, in response to the Financial Accounting Foundation’s announcement that it will provide funding to the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation to support the completion of international convergence projects:

January 28, 2014 

In the wake of the recent identity theft of some 40 million accounts from retail merchant Target, and the potential for massive theft from the health care exchanges set up under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), consumers are again left bewildered -- and looking for someone to take the lead in crafting…

Dave McClure

January 28, 2014 

It was the best of payroll processing times, it was the worst...well, you get the idea. Payroll used to be complex and tedious work, so much that many accounting firms stopped offering the service.