Paige Hagy

Leaders ranked AI, digital transformation and need for new skills above innovation and growth as the top issues facing corporate finance, in an AICPA-CIMA poll.

Top 50 Firm Ascend announced the acquisition of Sweeney Conrad in Kirkland, Washington, expanding its presence in the region.

Amanda Reynolds filed a complaint asking the court to determine whether pets can be recognized as non-humans dependents.

The PCAOB found that Jennifer Crofoot, a CPA then working as an audit partner at Fruci & Associates II, violated rules and standards in connection with four audits.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board appointed Erik Durbin as acting chief economist and director of its Office of Economic and Risk Analysis.

The national accounting consulting firm founded by Jennifer Wilson and James Metzler celebrated its 25th anniversary.

The Financial Accounting Foundation's board of trustees appointed 13 new members to the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council.

Private company leaders looking to sell reported that tax on recognized gains (88%) and transfer taxes (87%) were major concerns, per a Deloitte survey.

PrimeGlobal member firms' total revenue increased 19% year-over-year to $6.4 billion.

The International Sustainability Standards Board issued amendments to greenhouse gas emissions disclosure requirements in IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures

Pilot's Local Partner Program provides software and automation capabilities, as well as advisory services and sales enablement tools, to independent bookkeepers and accounting firms.

The American Institute of CPAs advised the Treasury and the IRS to simplify the tax reporting requirements for partnerships and S corporations — or passthrough entities.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board imposed a $35,000 penalty on Beckles & Co. for failing to disclose who worked on nine public company audits.

There is plenty of room for more audit committee disclosure, according to the Center for Audit Quality and Ideagen Audit Analytics

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned U.S.-based TPS Thayer for failure to reasonably supervise an unregistered firm in China.

Franklin Alliance, a venture capital-backed company that helps small and midsized firms scale, acquired Cincinnati-based Howard, Nunn & Bloom. Randy Crabtree and Jon Segal also joined its advisory board.

A study found that students underestimate the audit profession's attractive aspects and overestimate its less appealing aspects.

Empire State Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law that will create an additional pathway to CPA licensure — the latest state to pass changes to licensure requirements.

Top 75 Firm Sax acquired SCL Consulting in Maryland, effective Nov. 14, 2025, strengthening its client advisory services and growing its Mid-Atlantic footprint.

The deadline for public comment on proposed changes to continuing professional education standards is fast approaching.