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AI is Co-Writing End-of-Month Financial Reporting. Here’s What that Means for Auditors
In many organizations, AI is becoming embedded in core accounting workflows during the end-of-month process.
March 7, 2017
Wolters Kluwer Acquires Tagetik
Founded in 1986, Tagetik is a market leader in corporate performance management solutions, supporting the workflow of the Office of the CFO, including financial and operational budgeting and planning, consolidation and close process, financial ...
March 3, 2017
FloQast Appoints Akmaeva to VP Finance Position
Akmaeva has worked in the finance industry for more than a decade. Most recently, she served as corporate controller at TeleSign, a Los Angeles based software security company. In this capacity, Akmaeva managed the global consolidation, implementation ...
February 27, 2017
AuditFile Add-On for Xero Enhances Audits
The audit automation system from AuditFile, Inc. is now featured as an add-on solution on Xero’s App-Marketplace. AuditFile’s integration with the Xero online accounting software for small businesses gives firms of all sizes a seamless audit solution ...
February 23, 2017
Excel Isn’t Dead: 87% of Accountants Say It’s a Critical Tool
Many have tried to portend and then confirm the death of Excel, and much like the aforementioned quote from Twain, such an event has been greatly overrated. Consider this: though many have attempted to replace what can only be considered one of the ...
February 22, 2017
AICPA Revises Auditing Standard on Going Concerns
The AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board (ASB) has issued Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 132, The Auditor's Consideration of an Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (AICPA, Professional Standards, AU-C sec. 570).
February 21, 2017
Professionals on the Move – February 21, 2017
A roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
February 18, 2017
Will the Big Four Change Hiring Practices in the Coming Years?
The Big Four firms are not quite at the stage of having computers replace people. The challenge they have now is hiring a balance of people who can do the interpreting and people who will make sure the computers are set up to interrogate properly.
February 17, 2017
2017 Reviews of Cash Management Systems
The accounting professional often views cash management as another piece of the accounting puzzle that can often be handled more effectively by these same professionals. This has never been truer, as more accountants begin to offer cash management ...
February 17, 2017
February 2017 Audit Channel: At My Office
How do you start your day? I start my day off with some exercise, often some running, have my breakfast - a bowl of oatmeal or cereal - and then head into office. I arrive at the office between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m.
February 17, 2017
Latest A&A News – February 2017
FASB to Host Roundtable Meetings on Disclosure Framework: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) will host two public roundtable meetings to discuss proposals related to its Disclosure Framework project. The meetings will be held on Friday, March 17, 2017, at the FASB offices located at 401 Merritt 7 in Norwalk, Connecticut. www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/12295256 AICPA Issues New Revenue Recognition...…
February 15, 2017
2017 Readers’ Choice Awards
The accounting and tax profession relies on technology as much as almost any other (aside from rocket science, perhaps), which makes finding the right tech imperative to the productivity of a firm, and the small businesses that rely on it.
February 14, 2017
Petty Cash Tips & Tricks
The best way to determine the proper amount of petty cash is to look historically at what your business spends cash on and how often you have "emergency" needs. Most small businesses do well with around two hundred dollars as a good ...