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Noble Group, the commodity trader battling criticism of its accounting, stepped up its public defense by publishing an auditor’s report in support of its practices.

Instapaper, once at the forefront of the "read later" tools, continues to evolve, providing broader functionality than its younger competitors.

Public accounting firms hired the largest number of accounting graduates ever last year, according to the American Institute of CPAs.

The Internal Revenue Service is warning tax preparers that clients who fail to file their tax returns for last year run the risk of missing out next year on advance payments of the premium tax credit for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.

It isn’t often that accounting firms have to compete against pizza parlors, but all bets are off when it comes to softball.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released two proposed accounting standards updates related to derivatives and hedging.

What steps should accounting firms take in order to ensure they employ their staff and utilize their talents to help employees grow and test their limits?

Total nonfarm employment increased by 215,000 in July, including 1,900 jobs in accounting and bookkeeping services, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, although the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.3 percent.

Very few firms today have a well-defined “path to partner.” This creates both challenges and opportunities for today’s younger professionals with aspirations of partnership. The challenge is in that it can be hard to understand just exactly what you need to do to make partner. Conversely, the opportunity is that you can define your own path and propose this to leadership as a starting point.

Republican presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Ben Carson proposed simple-sounding tax plans during Thursday’s debate in Cleveland. How do their proposals square with the facts?