Audit & Accounting

In the third installment of the results of Accounting Today and Cetera Financial Specialists' "Seeking Success" survey, we examine the obstacles accounting firms have faced in launching financial planning and wealth management practices.

Look at your firm, and look at the issues, and decide which are most likely to affect you, your staff, and your clients, and on what time frame.

Tax planning for individuals before year-end

A roundup of firm mergers and acquisitions from the previous month

Five things to think about when you think about the cloud

We're back because a momentary lull allowed us to produce a new column about an old issue.

Books, software, hardware and services for accountants

Both public and private companies saw an increase in the auditing fees they paid to outside firms, according to a recent survey by Financial Executives International.

The Internal Revenue Service has released the final regulations for how it will release tax return information to the Department of Health and Human Services to assess a taxpayer's eligibility for help in buying health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

The beginning of your succession planning needs to start with an honest evaluation and plan to address the business fundamentals associated with the new economy.