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In the world of accounting and ERP there was simply no bigger news this week than SAP discontinuing its Business ByDesign product and I plan to explain more about it, what it means and what it doesn’t.

A trio of new research studies support the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s proposal to require the identification of the lead auditor on public company financial reports.

The American Institute of CPAs announced the 10 recipients of the 2013-14 AICPA/Accountemps Student Scholarship, the annual award bestowed to undergraduate and graduate-level accounting majors who become CPAs and demonstrate academic and leadership excellence.

Congress, not the Internal Revenue Service, is to blame for the recently announced postponement of the beginning of next year’s tax season, according to the National Association of CPA Practitioners -- and it called on the legislative branch to take quick action to prevent further delays.

Worker classification is an ongoing issue that affects accountants and their clients.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has issued an alert cautioning auditors about the significant number of audit deficiencies that the PCAOB staff has seen in the past three years related to audits of internal control over financial reporting.

Jody Padar of New Vision CPA Group talks about how the old firm model can grow into a fresh new firm model against the backdrop of Yosemite National Park, during the Sage Listens Tour.

NetSuite announced the addition of five new firms to its Solution Provider Program, the largest of which is long-time Microsoft Dynamics partner and VAR 100 firm The TM Group.

The Internal Revenue Service has to do a better job when scanning taxpayer correspondence to avoid errors and repeated requests for information from taxpayers, according to a new report.

PwC US plans to acquire substantially all the assets of HumanR, a Herndon, Va.-based consulting firm specializing in organizational development consulting.