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John Napolitano of U.S. Wealth Management describes in this video some of the common mistakes made by CPAs who provide financial planning services for their clients.

As the world becomes more interconnected and firms adopt a more global mindset, there’s been a growing trend to expand accounting services—be they charitable or otherwise—in new and developing markets. Firms of all sizes are getting more involved with bringing their professional knowledge and services to developing countries. However, it doesn't necessarily take a Big Four firm to make a global impact in the accounting profession.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenged an Internal Revenue Service rule change it claims improperly stymies the ability of U.S. companies to shift their headquarters overseas to shelter global profits from American tax collectors.

The AICPA announced this week that Danielle Supkis Cheek, president of D. Supkis Cheek in Houston and adjunct professor at Rice University, was named winner of the Outstanding Young CPA Award in Honor of Maximo Mukelabai. Supkis Cheek was recognized for her volunteering efforts in the profession and commitment to financial literacy in her community.

Your firm could be in a heap of trouble if you tweet about #TeamUSA, post a photo to Facebook of the Olympic rings or even mention the term “Olympics” from your firm’s accounts.

Wipfli LLP has merged in the health care consulting firm HFS Consultants, including HFS’s marketing division, the Placemaking Group, effective August 1.

There once was a time, after the Tax Reform Act of 1986, when the U.S. corporate tax rate was at the low end of corporate tax rates among industrialized economies.

The Internal Revenue Service is making some important changes in the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number program that will require many ITIN holders to renew their numbers under a law passed by Congress last December.

KPMG announced on Thursday a partnership with The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business and the Villanova School of Business to develop new master's degree programs focusing on data and analytics (D&A) in accounting. Dubbed the "KPMG Master of Accounting with Data and Analytics Program," KPMG is looking to "develop auditors in the digital age."

BDO USA LLP has added Goldstein Schechter Koch, expanding the firm’s presence in South Florida in the latest of a string of mergers across the country.

Approyo has released a new SAP solution, GRC Ignite.

Back-to-school time in Massachusetts isn’t just celebrated by stir-crazy parents. It’s also a chance to shop sales tax free—or at least it was, until the state decided not to reinstate its sales-tax holiday this August for the first time since 2009 due to slowing state revenue.

Last month, from July 24-29, twenty-eight high school juniors and seniors across Massachusetts took part in Careers in Accounting and Management Professions, or CAMP - a specialized summer camp for students interested in accounting and business careers, Wicked Local reports.

Avalara has simplified the user interface and security features for CertCapture, and has added new graphical reporting capabilities.

It's not exactly as addictive as the first season of NPR's "Serial," but that's OK. Sageworks has premiered a three-part podcast series on how to grow an accounting firm.

Internal Revenue Service employees pushed too hard to impose levies on elderly people’s Social Security benefits, leading to economic hardship for some low-income people with tax debts, according to a new report.

It has never been more important for CFOs to have a full view of risk across their business as commodity prices and currencies fluctuate.

Frank Abagnale, the con man portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in Steven Spielberg’s 2002 hit movie, “Catch Me If You Can,” has a message for accountants and their clients about the dangers of using free public Wi-Fi hotspots: Don’t get conned.

The state auditor of Alabama, Jim Zeigler, has filed a lawsuit against the governor’s administration for breaking the state’s bid law with an accounting software contract.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have issued proposed regulations that would eliminate a tax-planning strategy for minimizing estate and gift taxes.