Corporate governance

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board is planning to make some minor adjustments in its quality management and global audit standards to align them more closely with international ethics rules for accountants.

What do these changes mean for taxpayers and how can accountants help manage the impact?

Working on any one of them will make life easier and better at your firm.

Here's what accountants and tax professionals need to prepare for next year.

There is a shift among successful accounting firms, from an individual book of business model to the cultivation of revenue segment leaders.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants approved an exposure draft on ethics and independence standards for sustainability reporting and assurance and a final ethics standard for tax planning and related services.

This simple question above deserves a simple answer, which will hopefully lead to additional questions and dialogue.

Firms that early-adopt ESG will be better positioned to deliver these services when they reach full market demand.

Have you ever looked at the websites of the top five CPA firms in your market and observed what similar services they provide?

The International Federation of Accountants wants organizations to combine sustainability reporting with their existing internal control and governance frameworks.

Accounting's most influential share their primary concerns for the profession.

As part of this year's Top 100 Most Influential People survey, Accounting Today asked, "What is the most important issue currently facing the accounting profession?"

More working Americans have a health savings account, but many are not using them to their fullest potential.

The new wealth management business opens with help from Integrated Partners as more RIAs and accountants follow the trails blazed by many dual practitioners.

In the current business landscape, small- and medium-sized practices face an array of challenges, including operational complexities, competitive markets and ever-evolving regulations.

If you want to grow your practice, you have to be willing to make the sometimes-wrenching adjustments that growing requires.

Public accounting is rapidly moving into the future, and anyone who doesn't realize this will fail to remain competitive or viable.

While the vast majority of firms said they have branched into that area, the results suggest they may be missing part of the business opportunity.