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AI Forecasting Jumps Among CFOs, But ROI Remains Elusive
Protiviti notes that among the 77% of finance organizations now employing AI, financial forecasting has emerged as the leading AI use case.
November 8, 2016
FASB Makes Changes to Investor Advisory Committee
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
Professionals on the Move – November 7, 2016
A roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
November 3, 2016
An Under-40 Perspective on the Future of the Accounting Profession
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
Baron Keynote at Thomson Reuters Conference Gives Look at Future of Accounting Profession
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
Jon Baron Keynote: What Accounting Firms Need to Know for the 2020s
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
Gillette Co. v. Franchise Tax Board: Why It Matters
If the court had ruled the Compact was a valid choice regardless of state law, then every state would have repealed it.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 ...
October 25, 2016
Kimberly N. Ellison-Taylor Elected to Serve as Chairman of AICPA Board of Directors
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
Companies Not Prepared for New Revenue Recognition Standards
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 Acquires Maryland Firm Integrity Consulting Solutions
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 ...
October 24, 2016
2016 Most Powerful Women in Accounting
Women are increasingly attaining the reins of power in accounting firms, accounting for about 20 percent of firm partners. This is still not enough, according to thought leaders like Amy Vetter, CPA, who notes that women make up more than half of the ...
October 24, 2016
Awards Recognize the Most Powerful Women in Accounting
Through the Most Powerful Women in Accounting awards, CPA Practice Advisor celebrates the increasing presence of women at the highest positions in accounting firms and organizations that oversee the profession, and recognizes those who have had the ...
October 21, 2016
Professionals on the Move – October 21, 2016
A roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.