Audit & Accounting

Accountants are well positioned to counter corruption and economic crime at the global and domestic levels.

The board issued an ASU to ease the guidance for applying the leasing standard to arrangements between entities under common control.

China will strengthen regulations on the CPA sector, a deputy finance minister told Deloitte after the the Big Four firm was hit by a record fine.

Sue Coffey of the AICPA dives into why the number of people entering the profession isn't keeping up with demand — and what accountants can do about it.

A look at challenges and opportunities faced by accounting researchers in contributing to the world of academia and business.

Despite the higher premiums they can charge when operating at capacity, the lack of qualified candidates is spelling trouble for firms who are running on skeleton crews.

Management at the Brazilian retailer told auditor PwC and its audit committee there were no supply-chain financing ops, but gave securities regulators conflicting information.

Plus, Genius Scan introduces new expense reporting capacities; Xero to retire WorkflowMax; and other news from the accounting technology arena.

Slowly but surely, more private businesses are adopting the new standard as they face demands to put their operating leases on their balance sheets.

Overall new client additions — and departures — continue to rise, thanks to M&A.