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August 22, 2016 

What the Future Holds for Accountancy

Everyday, across continents, time and money is being squandered on old accounting practices. Of the United States’ 29 million SMBs (Small and Medium sized Businesses), just five million use dedicated accountancy software. This leaves some 24 million ...

Mike Galarza

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August 18, 2016 

CCH Accounting Research Manager Gets New Interface

The new CCH ARM interface quickly delivers needed information to maintain compliance in the face of constantly changing rules and regulations. This powerful research tool provides results with meaningful context and interpretive guidance linked to ...

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August 18, 2016 

Fraud Examples Demonstrate Need for RIVIO Clearinghouse

The new RIVIO Clearinghouse (see accompanying article) is a solution to a problem of financial hijinks with which you might not be familiar. After all, most CPAs perform their services ethically and expect their clients to represent their financial ...

Gail Perry

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August 18, 2016 

Report Shows Banks Unprepared for New FATCA, CRS, CDOT Regs

The research, conducted by Aberdeen Group and commissioned by Sovos Compliance, a global leader in business-to-government tax, compliance and reporting software, is based on responses from leaders at 100 top financial institutions, which are ...

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August 16, 2016 

BKR Awards $12,000 in Accounting Scholarships

The global association of accounting firms BKR International recently presented its annual scholarship awards to honor accounting students around the world for their exemplary academic achievements in the accounting profession.

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August 16, 2016 

Free Research Database Available to Audit Practitioners

The Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association has launched www.AuditingResearchSummaries.org, a free comprehensive database containing concise summaries of auditing research published in the seven most prestigious journals in the field ...

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August 10, 2016 

AICPA Presents Awards for Contributions to Accounting Literature

The AICPA has announced the winners of the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award, presented at the American Accounting Association Annual Meeting. The AICPA-sponsored honor was presented to a team of highly-regarded accounting academic ...

 AICPA and CIMA Add New Competencies to Personalized Learning Site

August 10, 2016 

AICPA and CIMA Add New Competencies to Personalized Learning Site

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) have expanded their professional learning and development website to support all major practice areas in management accounting and public accounting with ...

 CPAs Honored for Work in Government Roles

August 9, 2016 

CPAs Honored for Work in Government Roles

The AICPA also has presented Paul Curtis, CPA, of Waldorf, Md., with the 2016 Outstanding CPA in Government Impact Award at the federal level and Kristen Scalise, CPA, CFE, of Green, Ohio, with the 2016 Outstanding CPA in Government Impact Award at the lo

 New FASB Update to Enhance Tax Disclosure Requirements

August 2, 2016 

New FASB Update to Enhance Tax Disclosure Requirements

The proposed ASU is part of the FASB’s broader disclosure framework project to improve the effectiveness of disclosures in notes to financial statements by clearly communicating the information that is most important to users of a reporting ...

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August 2, 2016 

Is Your Firm Really Different Than Your Competition?

Virtually everyone agrees that being able to differentiate your firm is cool. Yet, very few local CPA firms are in fact, different. To be fair, the nature of what CPAs do naturally makes them look more alike than different.