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FASB's proposed lease accounting rules really do try to get more useful information about assets and liabilities into financial statements. However, we don't think it's strong enough, because it doesn't cleanly address the No. 1 priority issue that asks whether off-balance-sheet financing has any legitimacy in financial reporting.

As a tax practitioner, you have probably dealt with decedent tax returns before, but you’ve probably never processed a Form 1040 R.I.P.

KPMG’s Portland office recently donated 375 children’s books to the library of Lowrie Primary School to promote literacy and inclusion.

Hank Barry, the former CEO of the early music-sharing service Napster, is encouraged by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rules for crowdfunding as they set the stage for this nascent form of investment.

International network BDO is celebrating its 50th anniversary with BDO 50 for 50, a global campaign encouraging the network’s independent member firms to donate at least 50 hours of professional or practical assistance to charities and community organizations in their local communities.

The American Institute of CPAs announced the 37 members of the 2013 Leadership Academy graduating class.

The American Institute of CPAs announced the 37 members of the 2013 Leadership Academy graduating class.

The American Institute of CPAs announced the 10 recipients of the 2013-14 AICPA/Accountemps Student Scholarship, the annual award bestowed to undergraduate and graduate-level accounting majors who become CPAs and demonstrate academic and leadership excellence.

Is your accounting firm more like a famous rock band or a garage band? Angie Grissom and Scott Bradbary of The Rainmaker Companies gave an entertaining keynote speech at Accounting Today’s Growth & Profitability Summit on Monday comparing how many accounting firms can effectively act like rock bands.

Syracuse, N.Y., accounting firm Dannible & McKee is sending teams of volunteers to participate in the United Way of Central New York’s Days of Caring Oct. 21-24.