Daniel Hood

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has approved the renewal of its Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies.

The International Accounting Standards Board proposed temporary measures to address worries over conflicts between a standard that has been issued, and another that isn’t due for a year.

The Internal Revenue Service does not have the controls and processes that it needs to avoid paying out erroneous Foreign Tax Credit claims, according to a new report.

Just under two thirds, or 60 percent, of accounting firms plan to raise some or all of their fees next year, according to a recent survey.

Portsmouth, N.H.-based Albert Stowe CPA PLLC will be joining Baker Newman Noyes, one of the top five firms in New England, as of Nov. 1, 2015.

Sikich LLP has acquired the audit, accounting and tax practice of Milwaukee firm Jannsen + Co.

Just under two thirds – 64.1 percent -- of partners at public accounting firms are over 50, according to the latest edition of the Rosenberg MAP survey, up from 52 percent in 2005.

Accounting Today has announced the 2015 Best Accounting Firms to Work For.

The chief economist of Top 100 Firm McGladrey, expects the Federal Reserve to raise U.S. interest rates by at least 25 basis points this year, with a further increase early in 2016.

The chairmen of the two organizations responsible for the creation of IFRS argue the value of the standards to the public in a new publication.