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There was a time when consulting projects came in very specific shapes and only fit into the same-shaped hole.

Thomson Reuters' Jon Baron and other experts forecast the latest trends for CPAs at the California Accounting Show

Accounting firm combinations in Florida and Alabama lead the bill in a roundup of recent M&A activity in the profession, plus a payroll company has been acquired.

Many businesses are slow-walking to implementing the revenue recognition standard, even as the effective date approaches next year.

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said any new, lower federal tax rate on U.S. companies’ overseas earnings should be mandatory for all companies, and proceeds should be spent on upgrading U.S. infrastructure.

Paul Ryan’s tenure as House speaker will be judged in part on whether he can deliver a Republican tax plan. But rather than spearhead the effort to reach consensus, Ryan is still clinging to his own widely rejected proposal.

The app that allows users to “speak” their transactions into a ledger has upgraded its user interface and simplified sign up.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board voted Wednesday to proceed to a final standard on hedge accounting, part of the financial instruments project that FASB had been working on for years with the International Accounting Standards Board before the two boards went their separate ways.

Company execs believe gaining Desktop users is a “stickier” way to retain clients who may later move to the cloud.

Industry observers highlight a quartet of high-level changes sweeping the profession.