Corporate governance

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board is moving beyond environmental issues and further into the areas of social and governance reporting.

Money managers and pension funds want companies to publish their 2020 annual reports in line with guidance from the International Accounting Standards Board.

A group of Senate Democrats introduced legislation to offer tax relief to individuals, businesses and states affected by catastrophic wildfires and other presidentially declared disasters.

Mastermind Analytics identifies spending risks, provides benchmarks on demand, and gives finance teams more visibility into behavior patterns.

The better planned the job is, the better organized it is and the better it gets done.

Taxpayers can use the rates to substantiate the expenses they can deduct for lodging, meals and incidental expenses.

Strategic planning is misunderstood in most small and midsized CPA firms.

Accounting professionals who embrace a willingness to adapt are the ones more likely to emerge successfully from today’s volatile market.

The right communication strategy and strong deliverables are key.

The American Institute of CPAs has received an increasing number of questions on sustainability assurance engagements.

The IRS has pushed back filing and payment deadlines for affected taxpayers.

Business development is the lifeblood of any professional services firm, or any organization that sells anything for that matter.

The novel coronavirus pandemic led to a transition from employer-provided meals to food delivery services arriving at employee homes, as workers all but eliminated their travel expenses, according to a new report.

I am a strong proponent of partner retreats and offsite meetings.

To get started building your team of entrepreneurs, consider some “assembly instructions.”

Financial execs take wait and see approach amid coronavirus uncertainty

Sustainability reporting is quickly going mainstream. While companies aren’t always required by regulators to report their greenhouse gas emissions, human rights records and wastewater management, investors are pushing them for this information at a faster clip.

Great leaders accept responsibility and look at the mistakes of others or their own as a teaching moment.

The pandemic may rule out in-person business development, but that doesn’t mean you should stop reaching out.

We need to excite clients, potential clients and staff. For this, we need marketing skills.