Audit & Accounting

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board announced PwC will make a $1 million contribution and provide $1.4 million in pro bono services and loaned employee support.

The new chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission told attendees at a conference Thursday that he hopes to make a recommendation in the next few months on whether the SEC should move toward switching U.S. companies to IFRS, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Olivia Kirtley has been elected president of the International Federation of Accountants, becoming the first woman and the first representative from business and industry to serve in the position.

On Wednesday, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced the agenda for the Nov. 20-21, 2014, meeting of the Standing Advisory Group in Arlington, Va.

Thomson Reuters named the winners of its first-ever Customer Superstar Awards.

Two new members have joined the CPA Consultants’ Alliance: Gary Adamson and Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk.

Accountants are at risk of not keeping up with the new breed of more digital, demanding and design-conscious consumers, warned technology leader Jon Baron of Thomson Reuters.

The International Federation of Accountants has launched its annual survey of small and midsized accounting practices around the world to gain insights into the issues facing the global profession.

BDO USA’s recent addition of SS&G staff and partners, which bolstered its presence in the Midwest, came with a healthy serving of SS&G’s restaurant practice. “This deal is huge for us,” Wayne Berson, CEO of BDO USA, said during an interview with Accounting Today.

CPAs are expanding the range of specialties and advisory services they are offering clients, according to Carl Peterson, vice president of small firm interests at the American Institute of CPAs.