Daniel Hood

GASB has issued guidance on how certain state and local government external investment pools and participants in external investment pools may measure and report their investments.

Cincinnati-based Barnes Dennig has expanded its tri-state footprint by combining with Indianapolis-based Gauthier & Kimmerling, effective Jan. 1, 2016.

A third of accountants think that as much a half of their peers in the profession may be acting unethically, according to a recent survey.

Payroll giant Paychex Inc. announced that it grew its total revenue 7 percent in the second quarter of its fiscal 2016, to $722.4 million.

Local firms Mellott & Mellott and Thomas Heldman CPA and Associates announced that they will be merging effective Jan. 1, 2016.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued three exposure drafts with reporting guidance related to fiduciary activities, certain asset retirement obligations, and pension issues.

Ineffective monitoring of refunds and a computer programming error caused the Internal Revenue Service to issue more than $46 million in erroneous refunds, according to a new report.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board announced that it plans to issue a final standard on the recognition and measurement of financial instruments in the first week of 2016.

Local CPA firms Hurley, Williams & Cook PS and Ball & Treger LLP have merged to create the Hearthstone CPA Group.

The Internal Revenue Service will begin accepting individual tax returns on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, it announced today.

Chief financial officers and corporate finance teams are taking on a larger role in protecting companies from cyber-risks, according to a new survey.

The omnibus spending bill signed into law last week gives the Internal Revenue Service an additional $290 million in funds – but it must be spent only taxpayer services and efforts against tax-related identity theft.

Our editors’ picks for what made news in the profession this year (text version)

The American Institute of CPAs has created an illustrative SOC 2 report to help CPAs report on controls over protected health information.

Top 100 Firm Warren Averett LLC announced that it will merge in Panama City-based Jinks & Moody, effective Jan. 1, 2016.

Greater engagement and a deeper relationship with your software providers will pay dividends in better service, better deals and, ultimately, better products, according to tech expert Jim Bourke.

The accounting profession needs to take advantage of current conditions to take critically important steps to ensure its future, according to American Institute of CPAs president and CEO Barry Melancon.

It’s a great time to be an accountant — and the future looks even better.

For the fourth quarter in a row, Top 10 Firm BDO USA led large audit firms in new Securities and Exchange Commission audit clients, with 13 new engagements and a net gain of eight in the third quarter of 2015.

As the final entry in our 20 Days to a Better Firm series, we thought it would be worth noting that the best workplaces know when to stop working.