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The American Institute of CPAs has introduced Not-for-Profit (NFP) Certificate II, offering a second level of certification for CPAs who service or work for nonprofit organizations.

A pair of reports released Wednesday highlight the impact of yearly budget cuts on the Internal Revenue Service’s activities.

Employees value regular communications from firm leadership – particularly the managing partner or chief executive – but even better is the opportunity to meet with them in the flesh.

The Financial Accounting Foundation's board of trustees has decided to overhaul some of the procedures for the Private Company Council, which provides input to the Financial Accounting Standards Board on issues relating to privately held companies.

The Internal Revenue Service is taking a closer look at professional employer organizations to implement a recent law.

The National Society of Accountants has delivered what it calls “a strongly worded letter” to Congress criticizing them for slashing the IRS budget by hundreds of millions of dollars.

Blogging is one of the most rewarding ways accounting firms can reach out to an audience of clients and potential clients.

Learn the "secret sauce" of getting employees to stay with you longer.

Securities and Exchange Commission chief accountant James Schnurr indicated Tuesday that he plans to recommend to SEC chair Mary Jo White that U.S. companies be allowed to use International Financial Reporting Standards to provide supplemental information, in addition to filing their financials in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

World leaders threw their weight behind a set of tax reforms for multinational corporations during a meeting in Turkey this week, endorsing the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting, or BEPS, action plan.

Chicago-area accounting firm Porte Brown LLC has merged in Alliant Advisors, effective Nov. 1, 2015.

Companies are taking steps on their own to make their financial reports and disclosures more understandable, according to a new report.

Accounting and consulting firm MarksNelson has acquired Overland Park, Kan.-based Marsh & Company.

Wondering where your firm is on the technology adoption curve? Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US has launched a short benchmarking quiz to help you identify your “Tech Persona.”

It will come as no surprise that money is a great way to keep staff engaged – but you may be surprised by some of the ways top firms find to distribute it.

Public company audits are improving, according to Securities and Exchange Commission Chief Accountant James Schnurr -- and they need to keep on doing so.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has been working on ways to soup up its audit practice by leveraging data analytics technology.

My last column addressed the importance of controls when trying to get a client. But it is also important to retain the client. A good system that is not monitored is a sure way to not only lose the client, but be kept awake at night.

Dent K. Burk Associates, P.C. and Hodges, Jones & Mabry, P.C. have joined the accounting firm of Brown, Edwards & Company, L.L.P., effective Nov. 1, 2015.

Financial Accounting Standards Board chairman Russell Golden and technical director Susan Cosper discussed FASB’s upcoming leasing, classification, impairment and hedge accounting standards during a conference in New York, along with the board’s plans for future standards.