BDO

The firm is building its presence in the biotech space by buying a consultancy that services life sciences companies.

The international accounting firm network reported a 10.7 percent increase for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2018.

The megamerger would create a powerful rival to the Big Four in the British audit market.

BlumShapiro to provide Thanksgiving Day meals for seventh year; AFWA announces 2018 Women Who Count Award winners; and more news from CPA offices across the country.

Pay increased for middle-market CEOs and CFOs by an average of nearly 5 percent in 2017, according to a new study by BDO USA.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is proposing to modify the effective date of its Current Expected Credit Losses standard for nonpublic companies, giving many private banks and credit unions an extra year to get ready for the new rules.

The New York State Society of CPAs has elected Jan Herringer, a partner at BDO USA LLP, as president, effective June 1.

The new guidance provides a stronger framework for deciding whether a contribution is conditional or unconditional.

A long-awaited standards update will clarify a key issue in the not-for-profit world.

The Top 10 Firm is expanding its presence in Wisconsin.

RSM and Eide Bailly each forge cybersecurity partnerships; Ralph Thomas receives university alumni award; and more personnel and CPA news.

Foreign affiliates of KPMG, Deloitte & Touche and BDO have agreed to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission for getting involved in audit work that circumvented the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s full oversight.

Taxes, cybersecurity, global trade and tariffs, and executive misconduct in the midst of the #MeToo movement are just some of the topics likely to come up at this year’s stockholder events, according to BDO USA.

The Internal Revenue Service’s announcement that it plans to issue regulations clarifying the limitations on carried interest aims to head off a flurry of activity aimed at getting around a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The firm has expanded its public housing authority practice by acquiring a Valley Forge, Pa.-based accounting and consulting business that focuses on servicing the affordable housing industry.

The Treasury Department has proposed to repeal nearly 300 tax regulations, many of which have become obsolete with the passage of the new tax law and earlier legislation, in some cases dating back to 1942.

BDO USA has expanded its health care advisory services practice by merging in the consulting division of PBC Advisors, a firm based in Oak Brook, Ill., near BDO’s Chicago home base.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program demonstrated during fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2017 that it continues to be a remarkable tool for combating securities fraud in the United States and strengthening capital markets.

The Internal Revenue Service has proposed guidance on the new partnership audit regime that promises to make it easier for firms, if not all their partners, but with some extra complications added by the new tax reform law.

BDO reported Thursday its global revenues grew 8 percent to $8.1 billion in fiscal year 2017 across its network of firms as its headcount grew 9.04 percent.