Advisory

November 16, 2016 

Thomson Reuters has introduced a new search feature, Answer Path from Thomson Reuters Checkpoint, which helps tax professionals of all experience and ability levels find trusted answers in Checkpoint faster.

November 16, 2016 

Millennials are now the largest living generation in the U.S.. An acute understanding of the entrepreneurial individuals in this group is growing to be a necessity for accountants and bookkeepers in order to provide services that will meet their needs ...

November 9, 2016 

Benefit plans provided by private, for-profit employers and private, tax-exempt employers other than churches providing benefit plans are governed by the Rule. Individuals holding 401(k) accounts, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), and health ...

November 8, 2016 

In its new format, the IAC will advise the FASB in two primary areas, including generalist issues (such as Disclosure Framework, Hedging, and other broad projects added to the future agenda) and emerging trends. Future IAC meetings also may include ...

November 7, 2016 

A roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.

November 3, 2016 

    Last month was the first annual CPA Practice Advisor “40 Under 40” ThinkTank Symposium. As an attendee and first-time 40 Under 40, I was excited to meet my fellow honorees for a guided discussion hosted by Rootworks in Indianapolis. It was a gathering reflective of the increasingly diverse nature of the profession. There...…

November 3, 2016 

Approximately 1,500 tax and accounting professionals were on hand at the company’s 36th annual event as Baron, the managing director of the Professional segment of Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting business, laid out the case that far from being ...

November 3, 2016 

With massive changes and the continuing evolution of digital enviroments, as well as societal adoption of technologies, accounting firms need to accept and embrace that change, if they hope to be successful in the coming years.

November 1, 2016 

If the court had ruled the Compact was a valid choice regardless of state law, then every state would have repealed it. As it stands, the relevance of the Compact is likely to be revisited once all states use only sales to apportion income ...

Gail Cole

October 25, 2016 

Ellison-Taylor is a past chair of the Maryland Association of CPAs, and has been recognized by CPA Practice Advisor as one of the 2016 Most Powerful Women in Accounting, and by Accounting Today as one of the Top 100 most influential people in the ....

October 25, 2016 

A new survey conducted by PwC US and Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), “2016 Revenue recognition survey: Readiness update, impacts and remaining challenges” has revealed that despite the 2018 deadline, firms are still assessing how ...

October 25, 2016 

WeiserMazars LLP, a leading accounting, tax, advisory and business consulting firm, has completed the combination with Integrity Consulting Solutions LLC, a Maryland-based management and technology consulting firm that serves a wide range of ...