Technology

January 9, 2017 

A regulation to be implemented January 31 in the U.S. requiring accounting firms to identify the principal engagement partner in corporate audits should be a solid plus for investors and regulators, a new study suggests.

January 9, 2017 

This report comes on the heels of the release of the latest AICPA peer review findings, which were identified during peer reviews of firms that perform audit and attest engagements. The focus of peer reviews is to assess and improve audit quality and ...

January 9, 2017 

Traditional ACH payments are conducted over a wire transfer and take anywhere between one and two working days to clear – a manual, costly and time consuming process unpractical for smaller payments. In 2016 NACHA launched the first phase of Same Day ...

January 9, 2017 

Hosted by CPA Practice Advisor, the annual event gathers brings these thought leaders together to discuss emerging trends, technologies and workflow practices that will influence the profession, professionals and clients in the years to come.

January 8, 2017 

Overall, audit committees are largely satisfied that their agendas are properly focused on legal and regulatory compliance issues, maintaining internal controls over financial reporting, and key assumptions underlying critical accounting estimates.

January 5, 2017 

Increase in more part-time, outsourced staff; greater number of for-profit CFOs moving to nonprofits; and clustering of services predicted for nonprofit sector

December 30, 2016 

A roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.

December 29, 2016 

With another year end (and tax season) rapidly approaching, it’s time to once again dust off the magic crystal ball and cobble together our 2017 CPA Firm Technology and Production predictions. This listing will hopefully provide you with fresh insight ...

Roman Kepczyk

December 26, 2016 

Benefits are a huge lure in attracting and retaining top talent, especially in light of the changing composition of the U.S. workforce. Today, we have a growing number of women in the workforce and dual-earner families, which means married couples ...

December 20, 2016 

Today's small business owners have limited time and resources and wear many hats, from founder, to sales lead, to head of IT. Because of this, they often get stuck in day-to-day activities and fail to look at how to strategically apply technology to ...

December 20, 2016 

Happiness at work is something nearly everyone wants, but it varies by an employee's age, gender and field, among other factors. This is one of the findings of a new comprehensive study of more than 12,000 U.S. and Canadian workers by Robert Half, in ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

December 19, 2016 

We like lists. It goes with the territory of keeping track of numbers and transactions and all the moving pieces of our and our clients’ businesses. As we approach the end of the year, resolutions to be more efficient and organized are often on our minds.

Gail Perry