January 12, 2015
Michael Maher Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from AICPA
Michael Maher, Ph.D., has been awarded the 2015 Lifetime Contribution Award by the AICPA.
January 12, 2015
AICPA and CIMA Honor Accounting Professors for Research
The American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants on Friday recognized three professors for research into bias that affects investment decisions, underscoring the significance of the work and its implications for ...
January 8, 2015
Flowtivity Merges into Boomer Consulting, Enhances Lean Six Sigma Expertise
The accounting consulting firms of Boomer Consulting, Inc., and Flowtivity, LLC have announced that they have merged, effective January 6, 2015. The newly-combined consultancy will continue to operate under the Boomer Consulting brand.
January 7, 2015
Gas Prices Expected to Stay Low for 2015: Which States Are the Cheapest?
Many Americans are breathing a sigh of relief each time they fill up their car's gas tank, and that's just in time to help pay off holiday credit card bills.
January 7, 2015
U.S. Economy Ranks 6th in Optimism for Continued Growth
While the United States ranked as the sixth most optimistic economy in fourth quarter 2014, a recent spate of global uncertainty is weighing on growth prospects for the year ahead. This is according to the latest data from the Grant Thornton International
January 7, 2015
List Ranks Top 10 and Worst 10 Cities to Find a Job
With “getting a better job” being one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions in the U.S., non-farm employment expected to grow by nearly 220,000 jobs per month and unemployment to fall to 5.4 percent by the fourth quarter in 2015, the personal ...
January 6, 2015
National Society of Accountants Accepting Applications for 2015 Scholarships
The National Society of Accountants (NSA) Scholarship Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications from promising accounting students across the country.
January 6, 2015
Becker Announces Updates to CPA Exam Review Course
Accounting education provider Becker Professional Education has announced the latest updates to its CPA Exam Review course and products. The enhancements include significant increases in multiple-choice questions and simulations, new lectures and ...
January 1, 2015
Employee Confidence Level Highest in Nearly 8 Years
Workers very confident in the strength of economy as macroeconomic confidence index hits all-time high in December.
December 22, 2014
UNLV Business Students Win AICPA Accounting Competition
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has announced that students from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas have earned first place in the 2014 AICPA Accounting Competition. Their top finish in the competition earned a $5,000 award for ...
December 22, 2014
CBIZ Offers New Affordable Care Act Compliance System
The employee benefits provider and insurance advisory consultancy CBIZ has released CBIZ ACA CheckPoint, a platform offering the advanced availability of ACA reporting and compliance tools and expertise. The system was developed in conjunction with SyncSt
December 19, 2014
Top 5 Fraud Predictions for 2015
Technology will give fraudsters an edge in 2015, but it will also provide new tools for organizations and investigators, according to three experts from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) who were asked for their top fraud predictions ...