October 12, 2017
Two accounting professors are working with U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP as the first-ever KPMG James Marwick professors-in-residence, a new program focused on evolving innovation opportunities and understanding challenges in the audit ...
September 23, 2017
After two strong quarters to start 2017, CFOs’ assessments of the current status of the North American economy remain high in the third quarter, with 64 percent saying current conditions are good compared with 65 percent last quarter.
September 21, 2017
The relentless advance of technology. You are aware of it. Whether you are boomer, a millennial, or even Gen Z (some call them the “iGeneration”). We can’t deny it. We live in a time of technological marvels. And the velocity of development related to ...
September 19, 2017
This is a tantalizing brave new world for younger accountants who like the idea of turning their penchant for number-crunching into a sexier profession, but what about those who are, ahem, reaching their golden age? It kind of sounds like rather than ...
September 18, 2017
In today’s digital era there is growing pressure on financial executives to produce more analytics, reports and actionable insight across the enterprise faster than ever before. With corporate real estate representing the second-largest expense for businesses today, finance teams need up-to-date visibility into real estate offerings in order to fully support financial and business goals....…
September 18, 2017
I have stayed busy this offseason. For instance, during tax season, my editor gave me an idea to turn all of my articles into continuing professional education (CPE) classes. I hated sitting through boring CPE classes that didn’t hold my attention.
August 30, 2017
CPE-eligible sessions include topics on value pricing, blockchain, artificial intelligence, social media, advisory services, technology gadgets, tricks for QuickBooks and Xero, financial fraud, acquisition strategies, sales tax nexus issues ...
August 21, 2017
Daniel Vidal Age: 28 Employer: Expensify Title: Head of Business Development City/State: Portland, OR Website: www.expensify.com Twitter: @DanielVidal88 Having the opportunity to create Expensify’s partnership programs from scratch has been an incredible journey. My role at Expensify started informally. Initially, it was just overseeing conversations with all our non-customers: individuals whom we had no...…
August 16, 2017
This year’s conference will be in San Francisco, one of the world’s most vibrant technology hubs. The Dec. 4-6 event, held in collaboration with CalCPA at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis, will include tracks for leadership development and practice ...
August 3, 2017
In the accounting profession, the biggest “ringing of the bell” is when we bring in a new client. In the financial services industry, their biggest “ringing of the bell” is when they “steal a star recruit” from a competitor. Maybe we readjust what’s ...
July 21, 2017
Sixty-three percent of CFOs surveyed say they are expect revenue growth, one of the highest levels in the survey’s history, and only 18 percent claim a bias toward cost reduction, for a survey-high net value of plus 45 percent.
July 19, 2017
AICPA Applauds Passage of Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Act The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017, H.R. 1393. The bill would simplify state income tax reporting and withholding rules for employees who sometimes work outside their home...…