Audit & Accounting

A reader responds to an earlier letter about columnists Miller & Bahnson

A roundup of merger & acquisition activity among accounting firms

The July 16, 2012, homepage for Yahoo! had an article called "Six Careers for People Who Don't Like People." As I read the article, my worst fear was realized: Heading the list was "Accountants."

What do you think when you hear the word "coach?"

Partners are the culture in a professional service firm -- what they believe, what they reward, what they do, and how they do it determines what and how things get done.

Boy, did President Obama create a furor in a Roanoke, Va., speech in July, where he said, "If you have a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."

Denver-based Top 100 firm Hein & Associates didn't want to be anyone's secret -- even a good one, as managing partner Brian Mandell-Rice had become accustomed to hearing from clients.

A roundup of news from the previous month

Most people think of accounting as a solitary profession, but those in practice know just how off-center this perception really is.

Highlights of the previous month in audit and attest