Audit & Accounting

  • Top 100 Firm Crowe Horwath continues to carry out its strategic growth plans with its recent addition of NewPoint Group.

    October 1
  • Our August column ("Debunking lease propaganda by CPAs in Congress, and others, too," page 22) dismantled an early barrage of the kind of self-serving arguments the Financial Accounting Standards Board will hear once it issues its exposure draft on lease accounting. This month, we explain how the board can produce a successful lease standard through a straightforward analysis different from the status quo.

    October 1
  • Audit and attest news from the previous month

    October 1
  • Lessons for auditors from the Peregrine scandal

    October 1
  • Here at Accounting Today, we love celebrities.

    October 1
  • Imagine a firm that looked beyond traditional metrics to measure strengths and weaknesses -- a firm that discounted the hype surrounding "efficiency" and worked to provide services of real value to clients and a positive culture for staff. What would this kind of firm look like? Could it be a profitable and challenging place to work? Would it be a place to develop and nurture staff, where no one is expected to manually complete time sheets? This type of firm exists. In fact, I recently witnessed a "rebirth" of sorts of a large firm, and I want to share the story.

    October 1
  • Yes, we're living in an increasingly mobile world. I've got a smart phone. You've got a smart phone. Our employees all have smart phones. And we all love our smart phones. We get it.

    October 1
  • While the outcome of the 2012 election is still up in the air, the nation's accountants are putting their money behind a candidate many of them hope will change Washington -- Republican Mitt Romney.

    October 1
  • This past year, nonprofits have continued to be a lagging economic indicator, adopting several strategies from their leading for-profit counterparts to survive a slow and delayed recovery.

    October 1
  • The past tax season saw continued growth in the do-it-yourself market, while the complexity of the Tax Code, and the likelihood of end-of-year or next-year retroactive changes, will increase the need for software at both the consumer and professional levels.

    October 1