Advisory

April 15, 2015 

While 73 percent of executives feel outside risks are on the rise, companies are generally not meeting these increased risks with improved risk management. Only 12 percent of responding companies demonstrated qualities that marked them as true risk ...

April 11, 2015 

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

April 10, 2015 

More than twice as many U.S. adults cited having enough money for a comfortable retirement (28 percent) and providing their children a debt-free education (23 percent) as the best indicator of financial success than did owning a home.

April 10, 2015 

This widespread dissatisfaction could be due to the fact that nearly 70 percent of finance leaders use a “last year plus percentage” budgeting technique, which is based on prior year figures plus a percentage to take into account planned business growth.

April 9, 2015 

CFOs were asked, "In your opinion, how attractive is a career in consulting to senior-level accounting and finance executives?" Their responses:

April 7, 2015 

Modeling Cloud provides a bridge between operational and financial planning processes to help companies drive better organizational alignment and achieve greater business agility.

April 2, 2015 

The decrease in IPO activity was particularly felt among middle market companies (companies with market caps between $10 million and $2 billion post IPO) which saw only 27 IPOs in Q1 2015, compared to 62 in Q1 2014. Moreover, if annual IPO activity ...

March 30, 2015 

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

March 30, 2015 

Accounting clients are always looking for more from their experience. One way firms can create better experiences is through niche services. Some firms focus on a specific industry or narrowly-defined tax, assurance and advisory services. The success of a

March 30, 2015 

The accounting firm of Marks Paneth LLP has acquired Fischer Barr & Wissinger, LLC, a Parsippany, New Jersey-based full service accounting firm, effective February 1, 2015. With this acquisition, Marks Paneth, the New York City-based ...

March 25, 2015 

More than half of small business owners say they would prefer to invest in their businesses this year, rather than stockpiling cash, an 18-percent swing in preference since 2010.

March 24, 2015 

Looking for ways to improve business deductions? Has your building undergone renovations recently? Have you replaced building components such as HVAC units, roofing, lighting systems? Have you or your CPA firm considered capturing the deductions ...