PCAOB July 9, 2026
Here’s Who’s Serving on the PCAOB’s Inspections Modernization Council
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board on Thursday revealed the names of the 12 people who will serve on its new Inspections Modernization Council.
August 27, 2018
Rod Dooley, CPA, PFS, CFF – 2018 40 Under 40 Honoree
Rod Dooley, CPA, PFS, CFF Partner,Dooley and Company, LLCLexington, SCwww.dooleyandcompany.com Professional Associations/Memberships: AICPA National Accreditation Committee, AICPA Student Recruitment Committee, AICPA (member), SCACPA (member). Career Highlights: After graduating from the University of South Carolina in 2006, I came to work for my father in our small CPA practice with offices in Lexington and Columbia, SC. ...…
August 27, 2018
Steven Bong – 2018 20 Under 40 Vendor Superstar
Steven Bong CEO, AuditFileWalnut Creek, CAwww.auditfile.com Twitter: @auditfile_team Career Highlights: In 2011, my brother and I decided to start a company in our parents’ dining room while we were both still in the college. That small startup idea became AuditFile, the first and only commercially available, cloud-based auditing solution for CPAs and internal auditors. Our...…
August 27, 2018
Kevin Bong – 2018 20 Under 40 Vendor Superstar
Kevin Bong Co-Founder and COOAuditFile, Inc.San Francisco, CAwww.auditfile.com Twitter: @auditfile_team Career Highlights: Kevin is a co-founder of AuditFile, where he works closely with Steven Bong to execute the Company’s vision for designing a simple-to-use, sophisticated cloud-based audit automation solution that empowers firms to prepare for the future of auditing. Kevin draws on his dual degree...…
August 27, 2018
Melisa Galasso, CPA, CGMA – 2018 40 Under 40 Honoree
Melisa Galasso, CPA, CGMA OwnerGalasso Learning SolutionsCharlotte, NCwww.galassolearningsolutions.com Twitter: @hoffmamf @galassolearning Professional Associations/Memberships: AICPA – Technical Issues Committee, Leadership Academy Alumni (2014), CPE Content Author, Frequent Speaker, NFP Conference Planning Committee NCACPA – Past President – Charlotte Chapter, Past Chair – A&A Committee, Frequent Speaker, Interim Review article contributor, Co-Chair – Charlotte Women’s Initiative, Professional Women’s Conference Planning Committee Co-Chair...…
August 27, 2018
CPA Practice Advisor Announces the “40 Under 40” and “20 Under 40” for 2018
Each year, CPA Practice Advisor recognizes professionals who are under 40, and are emerging as the future leaders in the profession, or those leading the development of technology that serves the profession.
August 23, 2018
Why and How: Blockchain
Blockchain seems to be everywhere in the press and conferences related to accounting. There is clear merit to this coverage and blockchain is a technology with long-term importance. Applications have only been developed in a few pilot projects ...
August 21, 2018
APIs and RPA Tools Automate Client Services
Whether it is capturing data from credit card receipts, reconciling bank statements, reimbursing expense reports, or automatically updating IRS tax statuses, these tools utilize a combination of machine learning, Optical Character Recognition (OCR), ...
August 21, 2018
Thomson Reuters Provides Guidance on New Accounting Standard for Nonprofit Organizations
Thomson Reuters has released a Checkpoint report that provides guidance on a new Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) accounting standard related to the preparation of financial statements for nonprofit organizations.
August 20, 2018
August 2018 Accounting & Audit Channel
Four Ways to Evolve Your Auditing Firm Today By Matt Towers, Product Manager, Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting By now, most of us have been exposed to some sort of doom and gloom message about automated systems and ‘robots’ taking over the future of the tax and accounting profession. Google “jobs most likely to be...…
August 19, 2018
Financial Execs Plan to Modernize Compliance in Coming Year
Almost half (48.3 percent) of risk and compliance, internal audit, C-suite executive and board professionals plan to modernize their compliance functions by changing core compliance execution practices during the next 12 months, according to a recent ...
August 13, 2018
AICPA Presents Awards to Outstanding CPAs in Government
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has presented Deborah Loveless, CPA, CGFM, CGMA of Hendersonville, Tenn., with the Institute’s 2018 Outstanding CPA in Government Career Contribution Award honoring her lifelong contribution to the profession.
August 13, 2018
Massachusetts Society of CPAs Honors Seven Women for Contributions to Profession
Seven Massachusetts women were selected, three in the Emerging Leader category for professionals with 15 years of experience or less, and four in the Experienced Leader category, reserved for women with more than 15 years in the field.