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Unit4 Business Software, the North American subsidiary of enterprise resource planning software developer Unit4, has partnered with V1 Document Management.

While half of all individuals with at least $500,000 in investable assets are women, just 34 percent expressed confidence they would have enough money to live comfortably in retirement, while fully half feel they need assistance in managing their finances.

A new study has found a link between high auditing fees charged to public companies and the companies’ decline in financial performance for up to five years in the future.

The Private Company Financial Reporting Committee discussed proposed accounting standards for revenue recognition, leasing and investment properties during a meeting with members of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain pulled off an upset victory in the Florida straw poll over the weekend, campaigning on his 9-9-9 plan to cut taxes.

While at lunch the other day with a couple of very cool sole practitioner grandpa CPAs, I learned one very interesting tidbit—succession planning doesn’t seem to be a priority.

A new accounting Web site for U.S. accountants has just crossed the Atlantic from the U.K.

I once had a new Phys Ed teacher who on his first day, decided to test his student crop in a variety of physical fitness exercises. And in an attempt to organize the rag-tag bunch into teams, bluntly told us to "pair off in groups of three."

A California tax preparer has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States after he was found using the Social Security numbers of deceased persons and stolen employer identification information.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has extended the deadline until October 14 for constituents to comment on its recent proposals for improving the disclosures for pension accounting and financial reporting.