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SEC Taps Dallas Lawyer for Top Corporate Enforcement Cop Job
David Woodcock will be the new regulatory enforcer for the SEC, and he will take a multimillion-dollar pay cut for the privilege.
October 19, 2018
CCH Axcess Data Insights and TeamMate Analytics win K2 Awards
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting recently received top honors in the 17th Annual K2 Quality Awards for CCH Axcess™ Data Insights, a set of visual dashboards that illustrate a firm’s end-to-end processes and TeamMate® Analytics, which empowers firms to ...
October 17, 2018
Illinois CPA Society Honors 3 Female Professionals
The Illinois CPA Society's Women's Committee and the AICPA Women's Initiatives Committee have recognized three women with their 2018 Women to Watch Awards.
October 17, 2018
Accounting Blockchain Coalition Announces 35 New Members
The ABC is a non-profit, industry association that serves as a forum for businesses and organizations to develop and share information on accounting matters relevant to digital assets and distributed ledger technology, including blockchain.
October 15, 2018
October 2018 Accounting & Audit Channel
3 Steps to Narrow the Gender Gap in Finance By Eman Goubran, CPA The focus on male hiring has taken a shift. In recent years we’ve witnessed heightened attention to gender-based issues, with movements across almost every industry imaginable to make the workplace a fair and equal environment for all individuals. The finance industry is...…
October 14, 2018
You, Your Clients, And the Cloud
Anyone still skeptical about the importance and viability of cloud software in business probably should consider a line of work that doesn’t involve business. The promise of the cloud (and all its various nomenclatures: “SaaS,” “web,” etc.) is here ...
October 11, 2018
AICPA Honors Two CPAs for Innovation
Two pioneering CPA firm leaders – one an early champion of blockchain services, another an advocate of artificial intelligence in the audit process – have been named recipients of CPA.com’s 2018 Innovative Practitioner Award, which recognizes ...
October 9, 2018
AICPA Testifies at IRS Hearing on Proposed Regulations To Implement Centralized Partnership Audit Regime And Issues Related Comment Letter
A representative of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) testified today regarding proposed rules related to implementation of the centralized partnership audit regime. Michael Greenwald’s comments, during a hearing by the U.S. Department of the ...
October 9, 2018
Completing the Accounting for the Impact of TCJA
While 2017’s Tax Cuts and Job Act (Act) passed Congress on December 22, 2017, many entities are continuing to assess the Act’s impact on their income taxes not only on a going forward basis but also on the deferred tax amounts which they had recorded at that date. Recently issued and forthcoming Internal Revenue Service...…
October 9, 2018
Deloitte Wins 2018 ‘Audit Innovation of the Year’ Award
Cortex is a cloud-based data platform that harnesses the power of data by securely and seamlessly integrating data acquisition with data preparation and analytics. Combining advanced technology with business processes, Cortex can generate meaningful ...
September 28, 2018
5 Steps to Compliance with New Lease Accounting Standards
The compliance countdown is on for ASC 842. The new lease accounting standard published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in 2016 will require companies to report most operating leases on their balance sheets starting in 2019.
September 24, 2018
Long Island CPA Recognized for Service to Nonprofit Organizations
The Urbach Award is named in honor of the late Michael H. Urbach, CPA, who was a partner at Urbach, Kahn & Werlin Advisors Inc. (now called UHY Advisors); a former commissioner of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance; and former ...
September 21, 2018
5 Steps to ASC 842 Compliance – New Lease Accounting Standards Pose Challenge
The compliance countdown is on for ASC 842. The new lease accounting standard published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in 2016 will require companies to report most operating leases on their balance sheets starting in 2019.