Audit & Accounting

As part of our Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting report, we asked the candidates: "What is the most important issue currently facing the accounting profession?"

IMGCAP(1)]Our annual list of the thought leaders and change-makers who are shaping the future of the profession.

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Accounting Today released its inaugural Accountants Confidence Index today, revealing that the accounting profession has serious concerns about the state of the economy.

An international committee has unveiled a draft framework for combining financial reporting with other aspects of an organization’s performance, including the environmental and social context.

Deloitte has released a report showing progress in how large public companies report their board’s role in risk oversight.

Accounting Today and business outsourcing solutions giant ADP have formed a strategic partnership with the introduction of the Executive Research Council, whose members will be surveyed each month to create the new Accountants Confidence Index.

Close to 2,500 letters have been written to the Financial Accounting Foundation supporting the creation of a separate standards board for private company accounting, according to the American Institute of CPAs.

CFOs are predicting an increase in hiring in the fourth quarter of this year, according to a survey by staffing company Robert Half International.