Audit & Accounting

A roundup of news from around the profession from the previous month

EisnerAmper offers webinars with CPE credits, BDO’s private equity study, and more…

Earlier this month, the Illinois CPA Society hosted this year's Mary T. Washington Wylie (MTWW) Internship Preparation Program, providing 25 minority college students with access to training and resources essential in the transition from student to professional.

The small business mentoring organization SCORE has compiled some new statistics demonstrating how much time and money small businesses spend each year on accounting, taxes and payroll administration.

KPMG announced today the members of an advisory council, comprised of proven leaders across business, sports, and the media, who will help guide the seminal KPMG Women’s Leadership Summit. The summit, hosted on-site during the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship this upcoming June, will serve to bring many of today’s most accomplished women together to inspire the next generation of women leaders.

The Financial Accounting Foundation has released its annually updated print edition of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s FASB Accounting Standards Codification, providing the authoritative source of U.S. GAAP for public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations.

A district court in Hawaii has entered a final judgment against the chief executive of a religious-themed video game company, Left Behind Games, for a multimillion-dollar scheme to boost his company’s revenues with part of his stock-trading profits.

Two thirds of accountants say that strategic planning and financial analysis are challenging for their business clients -- and many are turning to the cloud to help.

The first five inspections of broker-dealer audit and new attestation engagements subject to PCAOB standards show deficiencies in the auditors' application of those standards.

More than 200 CPAs from across the Peach State are meeting state lawmakers on Thursday for the 2015 CPA Day at the Gold Dome, Georgia’s state capitol building in Atlanta.