Accounting June 28, 2025
Nominations Open for 2025 Innovation Awards
The Innovation Awards highlight technologies that are shaping the profession and small businesses through increased collaboration and productivity.
August 13, 2019
Firms Hiring More Non-Accounting Professionals: AICPA Report
Non-accounting graduates now comprise 31 percent of all new graduate hires in public accounting. That’s an increase of 11 percentage points from 2016 to 2018.
August 12, 2019
AICPA and NASBA Form Coalition to Protect Licensing Standards
AICPA and NASBA will work with other ARPL members to inform lawmakers of the need to maintain standards for highly complex, technical professions like the CPA profession that have a clear impact on the public’s fiscal health and welfare. The coalition was
August 12, 2019
AICPA Recognizes Former Iowa Deputy State Auditor with Award
The Outstanding CPA in Government Career Contribution Award recognizes a member’s significant contributions to the CPA profession through government service at the local, state or federal level over a candidate’s career. Award winners must have ...
August 12, 2019
How the Audit Market Penalizes Auditors for Doing Their Job
What earns auditors a good reputation? Common sense suggests that being of service to investors should go a long way toward that end. In the words of a study being presented at this week’s annual meeting of the American Accounting Association...
August 8, 2019
Adding NetSuite to Your Practice: A Recipe for Rapid Growth
CPA firms that want to help their growing customers while also diversifying their own businesses are integrating the Oracle NetSuite cloud-based platform to streamline all client financials, taxes and audits.
August 6, 2019
3 Keys to Serving Governmental Entity Clients
Practicing in the government and municipality industry sector requires a high level of technical expertise and an acumen for a host of accounting and auditing standards that stretch beyond the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and U.S.
August 5, 2019
blumshapiro Acquires Massachusetts Accounting Firm Cowan Bolduc Doherty
The accounting firm blumshapiro has acquired Cowan Bolduc Doherty (CBD) of North Andover, MA. The merger becomes official on August 1, 2019. blumshapiro is the largest accounting, tax and business advisory firm based in New England. blumshapiro has been growing significantly in the Massachusetts area over the last 5 years and this combination with CBD...…
August 5, 2019
Perpetual Accounting, the Future of the Profession
In a world where consumers expect convenience at the tap of their finger and efficiency is the order of the day, a new kind of accounting is beginning to take shape. Instead of completing tasks through individual, discrete customer interactions, we can expect the savviest CPA firms of the future to engage their clients on...…
August 5, 2019
Illinois CPA Society Summit to Focus on Accounting Solutions of the Future
In addition to education sessions, attendees will be able to get hands-on experience with the latest technology solutions in the interactive Exhibit Center. More than 65 exhibitors, including Xero, Thomson Reuters, and Sage, will be showcasing their ...
July 31, 2019
OneCloud Signs OEM Agreement, Receives Investment From Workiva
With the OneCloud platform, Workiva will offer an embedded solution that integrates on-premise and cloud technologies that include general ledger, Enterprise Performance Management and Business Intelligence applications.
July 30, 2019
Why Accounting and Finance Needs a Seat at the Digital Transformation Table
There are few hotter topics absorbing executive attention than digital transformation, which has been identified as a top strategic priority by virtually every company. Many organizations are hot on this trail, digitizing their data to obtain the work enhancements provided by robotic process automation (RPA), machine learning, predictive data analytics, and automated solutions in other...…