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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board presented an interactive session on inspection case studies at its fourth annual International Auditor Regulatory Institute.

Software as a Service-based enterprise resource planning appears to be gaining acceptance as a viable option, as a recent Aberdeen Group survey found that 39 percent of respondents indicated they would consider this form of implementation, up 61 percent from those surveyed a year ago.

You know what they say: what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but in this case, you’ll want to share everything you learn at the Growth & Profitability Summit taking place Nov. 17 & 18 at the Wynn Hotel.

The draft plan issued by the leaders of the bipartisan deficit commission is not likely to garner the votes of Congress, or even of a majority of the commission’s own members.

Here’s some good news for those who haven’t renewed their Preparer Tax Identification Number by the end of the year. The process to renew it will be the same beginning in January as it is now, and it takes only about 15 minutes to do online.

Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom has filed suit against the Internal Revenue Service because it would not allow him to deduct $12,000 in fines and $127,000 for fitness training.

IMGCAP(1)]Check out the digital edition of the November 15 issue of Accounting Today.

Nearly 99 million individuals filed their federal income tax returns electronically during 2010, a 3 percent increase in the IRS e-file rate, mainly due to taxpayers who prepared and filed their own taxes from their home computers.

Cougar Mountain Software said its CMS Professional 2011 accounting software product line has been officially validated to allow customers to process, store, and transmit credit and debit card data safely and securely and remain PCI compliant.