Technology

March 30, 2017 

The PwC network has announced plans to expand its current alliance with Microsoft globally. This will allow PwC firms across the globe to enhance their ability to support clients pursuing large scale digital and business transformation enabled by ...

March 29, 2017 

Financial statement audits, essential to helping the capital markets function effectively and with confidence, are helping today’s business leaders improve the performance and operational processes of their companies, according to a new Deloitte survey.

March 29, 2017 

Internal audit functions are losing ground in trying to keep pace with stakeholder expectations, according to the 13th annual PwC State of the Internal Audit Profession study.

March 29, 2017 

The most significant change to the ecosystem is the addition of three new categories: Subscription/Recurring Management, Audit/Risk Support, and Data Integrators. New additions to the Ecosystem include: Recurly, Abacus Next, Rivio, and a host of others.

March 28, 2017 

Grant Thornton’s survey shows that managing risk is top of mind for CFOs, with two-thirds of respondents reporting that they want to reconcile their risk management strategy with their business strategy. Additionally, 70 percent expect to increase ...

March 24, 2017 

Not even a decade ago, clients would engage an accounting firm, fill out forms and send over documents. It may have felt a bit like a black hole for some companies. While the accounting firm was doing its job, it wasn’t a very collaborative process.

March 23, 2017 

Among the primary challenges faced my most MNEs is the fact that the financial systems currently in place do not support adequate tax reporting for the new tax transparency requirements (e.g. lack of legal entity detail, lack of a tax-sensitive chart ...

March 23, 2017 

The new standard is designed to improve reporting of lease transactions, according to FASB, and all organizations that lease assets, from real estate to equipment, are affected. Public companies must adopt it by 2019, and all other organizations ...

March 22, 2017 

A new update to the ClockShark mobile time tracking software includes GPSFence, a new geofence boundary detection feature. The feature provides GPS location data while employees are clocked in. The rollout is available and free to all ClockShark ...

March 22, 2017 

If your firm specializes in medical or dental practice clients, addressing their pain points is just as important to them as them addressing their patients’ pain points. But how do you do it? Begin by knowing who your target market is. Is it small, family practices, large organizations, such as hospitals, or is it specialists...…

Becky Livingston

March 22, 2017 

Small business owners and other self-employed individuals often earn great rewards for their hard work, but they also face risks that regular employees don't. From disasters to unpaid invoices, to legal issues and retirement... entrepreneurship isn't ...

March 22, 2017 

Professional liability claims against CPAs for valuations aren’t as frequent as claims made against accountants for tax-related services, but valuation-related claims tend to involve larger dollar amounts, according to John Raspante, director of risk ...