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This column examines the issue of private company GAAP and describes what the Private Company Council ought to do (and is planning to do) to ensure that these companies' financial reports actually serve their users' needs.

John Azodi teaches CPAs the value of financial planning

Highlights from the world of financial planning in the previous month

Research tells us that 90 percent of heirs will reject their parents' financial advisors, and 70 percent of widows will change advisors after their husband's death. Can you afford that level of loss?

Accounting firms shouldn't think that there isn't a cost to a merger that doesn't happen

The unemployment rate for senior accountants and auditors is a relatively low 4.1 percent.

If you really want to grow, think in terms of revenue streams

A roundup of major developments in accounting in the previous month.

With states still hungry for revenue, the Internet changing the way retailers do business, and sales tax issues of growing concern to accountants and their business clients, Accounting Today convened a virtual roundtable of experts to discuss the most important trends in the area.

Nonprofit software grows harder and harder to choose