Audit & Accounting

The pros and cons of working with a tax franchise

Developments in accounting technology from the previous month

In the time it took iPhones, tablets and cloud computing to threaten pc use at many CPA firms, their it departments evolved from virtually faceless repair shops to essential components of a firm's growth.

VAR and reseller news from the previous month

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board member Lewis Ferguson has been elected chair of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a proposal to defer indefinitely the effective date for certain disclosures about investments held by a nonpublic employee benefit plan in the plan sponsor’s own equity securities.

International Federation of Accountants CEO Fayezul Choudhury discusses how IFAC includes accounting organizations covering firms of all sizes, allowing even sole practitioners to stay connected with what's happening with the largest firm networks around the world, in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

The announcement of civil and criminal insider trading charges earlier this month against Scott London, a former senior audit partner at KPMG, grabbed business headlines and took the public accounting profession by surprise.

International Federation of Accountants CEO Fayezul Choudhury discusses how former CEO Ian Ball will still be acting as an advisor with IFAC, in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

The Public Accounts Committee in the British Parliament has issued a critical report blaming large accounting firms, particularly the Big Four, for contributing to tax avoidance.