Accounting firms and departments need to modernize their policies for employee wellness, retention and organizational success.

It's time for the profession to start thinking of creativity in the context of positive innovation.

Engaging the services and specialized expertise of external professionals can make a difference in the crucial early phase of an M&A deal, for both sides.

The requirement, buried in the $1 trillion infrastructure law passed last year, mirrors one for brokerages and has flown under the radar.

Review what you do and how much time you really have to work on what is essential.

ESG offers accountants an opportunity to improve the future, says the dean of USC’s Leventhal School of Accounting.

The next new thing for strategic growth is here today, and it's all about environmental, social and governance issues.

At any stage in their career, members of the profession should be asking themselves this handful of questions.

Organizations need to be ready to face these five challenges to environment, social and governance disclosures.

The skill sets and work that take firms and career to a certain level often aren't what will take them to the next level.

A financial certification provides external validation of eligibility and competence.

April and Column Tax are among the startups capitalizing on the idea that taxes are part of a person’s financial life and banks are most suited to help with tax preparation and filing.

Accounting, like every client service career, is all about people, with a side of savviness for numbers thrown in for good measure.

The mortgage interest deduction is capped, but the investment interest expense deduction isn’t.

R. David Yost and his soon-to-be-former son-in-law are slugging it out in court over allegations of tax evasion.

Accountants are seeking out more satisfying places to work where they can realize their career goals or just be able to balance their work and personal lives better.

Here’s how to stay scrappy and hungry.

The profession needs to broaden its definition of automating its processes.

Firm leaders and industry consultants share their strategies on how to keep talent after the changes brought on by the pandemic.

Recruiting and retention have been major issues for the accounting profession, but the current exodus ‘feels different and worse.’