Audit & Accounting

The Mironov Group LLC recently opened a new office in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and placed Charles Diegel as partner in charge.

The American Institute of CPAs appears to be making progress on a Financial Reporting Framework for Small and Medium-sized Entities that it has been developing in the wake of the Financial Accounting Foundation’s decision to set up a Private Company Council, and plans to expose the framework by the end of the month.

CCH has released a new publication to assist accountants who are conducting audits of participants in Department of Housing and Urban Development programs.

The staff of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board has created a fact sheet to clear up some of the misconceptions about the recent changes in public pension accounting standards.

Meyers, Harrison & Pia, LLC has agreed to acquire Fannon Valuation Group of Portland, Maine.

Federal securities class action filings through Sept. 30, 2012 have been slower when compared to the same time period in 2011, according to the annual PricewaterhouseCoopers Securities Litigation Update.

The Center for Audit Quality and several corporate governance organizations and companies have created a new online auditor evaluation tool to help the audit committees on corporate boards evaluate their auditing firms.

The American Institute of CPAs has issued Technical Practice Aids with information to help insurance entities with their accounting.

An accounting construct known as permanently reinvested earnings is helping U.S.-based multinational corporations keep tens of billions of dollars in profits overseas, according to a new study.

Audit confirmation service provider Confirmation.com has enhanced its latest product release through a complete redesign of the auditor's platform, a new paper fulfillment service and a batch upload capability.