Audit & Accounting

Shredding paper documents and destroying digital files are critical for data security.

His analysis underscored how sweeping accounting changes coming in the next few years are raising questions for the life insurance industry.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Financial Reporting Executive Committee is offering some advice on issues related to the new credit losses standard.

The AICPA's “2019 Trends in the Supply of Accounting Graduates and the Demand for Public Accounting Recruits" breaks down the profession as it enters a new decade.

The prevalence of fraud in modern corporations is astounding when one considers the architecture that is in place to eliminate it.

The federal government is collecting billions of dollars less than it could because of resource shortages at the tax agency, according to a new study.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released questions and answers about the recent standard on accounting and financial reporting for leases by state and local governments.

The board wants to give private companies, nonprofits, and certain small public companies extra time to implement new standards on CECL, leases and hedging.

General Electric shares plunged after a prominent whistle-blower working with a short-seller accused the company of masking financial problems.

The institute's “2019 Trends in the Supply of Accounting Graduates and the Demand for Public Accounting Recruits" also found high collegiate accounting enrollment numbers, as well as boosts in diverse accounting graduates.