Accounting Today

Accounting Today January 2012 Digital Edition

Check out the digital edition of the January 2012 issue of Accounting Today.

Profession Watch

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Preparers face a tougher IRS, expiring credits, and staff shortages on the eve of the 2012 filing season

Everyone, grab your partners

Firm M&A is expected to boom even more in 2012

The firm that can't say no

Virginia's Piascik takes its client service ethic into outsourcing

The salary momentum continues

Experienced and senior-level staff are first in line for pay bumps

SEC reviews interactive financials

The Securities and Exchange Commission has released its latest review of interactive data financial statement submissions and found that filers are making progress.

Is reform just across the pond?

A college classmate of mine who was an unabashed Europhile often lectured anyone within shouting distance about how many of the famous trends throughout history - whether in clothing styles, literature, art, cuisine or automobile design - inevitably began in Europe before gradually making their way across the Atlantic.

NCCPAP knows small businesses

There is no real representation of small business in the Financial Accounting Standards Board or the proposal for the American Institute of CPAs to be the standard-setting body for small business.

Private company reporting needs an independent board

Many of us on the Blue Ribbon Panel on Standard-Setting for Private Companies believed we were on the verge of an historic change that would have relieved millions of private companies of accounting standards geared more to the needs of public companies and their financial statement users.

Tax news

What's next after the failure of the Supercommittee?

AMT patch, extenders, credits may have to wait for 2012 elections

What's new for the 2011 filing season?

Year-end planning is now behind us. Many believe that the failure of the joint congressional committee to reach a deficit reduction agreement pushes fundamental tax reform off at least until after the 2012 elections.

New multi-employer plan disclosures

New FASB ASU gives clearer picture of cash flow obligations

Assurance news

AICPA settles copyright lawsuit; IASB and IFAC to cooperate more

Discrediting timeworn dogmas: The first step toward financial reporting's new future

Discrediting timeworn dogmas: The first step toward financial reporting's new future

PFP news

Cost-basis changes signal messy tax season ahead; small-biz employees unprepared for retirement

New trends in charitable giving

This PFP staple isn't just for the ultra-wealthy anymore

Avoiding 5 common security pitfalls

Firms on high alert to boost security

New mobile devices and old legacy systems are leaving firms more vulnerable

Tech news

iLumen integrates with QuickBooks; new release of AvaTax; new Excel add-in designed for auditors

A 'cloudy' forecast

A checklist of pros and cons for adopting a cloud strategy

Driven by checklists, or professional judgement?

Complexity and the volume of knowledge have exceeded the individual's ability to deliver the benefits of that knowledge correctly, safely and reliably.

VAR briefs

Tribridge acquires Dynamics VAR ePartners; Sage vet Ellertson joins Net@Work; Aqurus Solutions joins Acumatica channel

Coming Events

Upcoming conferences, association meetings and more.

Happy clients pay sooner - and more

But first you have to make them happy

M&A Watch

Recent mergers and acquisitions

The immaculate reception

I graduated college in 1986. I worked for KPMG. I was a controller at a biopharmaceutical company. And then I started my own company in 1994.

What's up with your docs?

Paperless strategies often come with their own problems

New Products

New Products

What makes a cool firm?

What many CPA firms view as revolutionary or "new school" are just expectations of the top talent we are all trying to attract.

Tomorrow's News

When Elizabeth Taylor died last year, she left a legacy of iconic movie performances, philanthropy, and lots and lots of diamonds. It was among these incredible baubles at Christie's auction house, where they have since been sold for astronomical sums, that members of global women's network 85 Broads convened to ask the popular question: Where are all the women?