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Our weekly roundup of tax-related investment strategies and news your clients may be thinking about.

A roundup of recent expansions, additions, new services and other news from firms across the country.

The standard GAAP accounting measures are less and less useful to investors, according to a new book with the provocative title, “The End of Accounting.”

A roundup of recent hires, promotions, awards and other personnel news from firms across the country.

Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, a CPA who joined Congress in 2011, has released a tax reform plan only weeks after House Republican leaders unveiled their own.

The Indiana Board of Accountancy approved a change Friday in its rules for renewing a CPA license, allowing competency-based education, as opposed to hours-based education, to count toward the requirement.

Have you been evaluating firm profitability and how to more effectively price the services you offer? If so, consider changing your pricing method from the standard billable hour to value pricing. Why? Price chases value, and by creating more value, you will be able to “capture more price.”

It’s important for all accounting firms, big and small, to understand the appropriate ways to keep themselves safe against cyber threats.

The U.S. Treasury Department exceeded its authority by proposing wide-ranging regulations intended to curb corporations’ ability to shift their American earnings overseas, tax lawyers told agency officials during a hearing.

Virginia-based accounting firm Mitchell Wiggins & Company recently announced that they were honored with ChamberRVA’s 9th Annual Icons and YP Workplace Awards. To be eligible, the firm submitted entries for judging by young professionals in the Richmond, Va. region and was ultimately recognized for creating and keeping an inviting work environment that attracts, retains, and develops young professionals.

Expense management solution provider Abacus has integrated with messaging app Slack, allowing finance teams to review and approve expenses within Slack using the platform’s new interactive messages.

Big Four firm Ernst & Young has begun a partnership with OpenText to expand EY’s digital and analytical services.

Upward Spiral Partnership managing director Martin Bissett explains in this video how to retain quality staff members by providing them with a viable career path.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released two documents Thursday describing what its staff is looking for this year when inspecting auditors of public companies and broker-dealers.

The Cadillac tax is a 40 percent excise tax on “high cost” health plans set in place by the Affordable Care Act. However, despite the familiarity tax professionals have with its name, the details surrounding the Cadillac tax can be complicated and confusing.

Dixon Hughes Goodman (DHG) announced on Thursday that their fifth annual Count the Cans campaign saw 593,464 pounds of donated food and more than 1,150 service hours to hunger-relief organizations across 12 states over two weeks. This year's donations bring Dixon Hughes' five-year total to 3,795,814 of food donated

A tax credit that helped prop up the housing market in the wake of the 2008 mortgage crisis could be set for a comeback.

Investment bankers are concerned there may be big corrections on the way for “tech unicorns,” private companies valued at over $1 billion, according to a new survey by BDO USA.

Democrats are courting progressive-minded Americans by calling for a tax on Wall Street trades. If the party succeeds, the mom-and-pop investors they’re wooing could bear the brunt.

The Democratic Party’s proposed 2016 platform supports “a financial transaction tax on Wall Street”—but presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton is focused on a narrower approach that isn’t likely to target big banks.