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There is a powerful alternative that is increasingly being used to deal with excess problematic inventory: corporate barter.

The governing council of the American Institute of CPAs voted at its Fall Meeting of Council in Maui, Hawaii on Wednesday to approve a resolution authorizing an additional pathway to the Charted Global Management Accountant designation in the U.S., and officially elected Tim Christen of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP as its new chairman.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service proposed tax regulations Wednesday to bring the rules in line with recent Supreme Court decisions.

The IRS has announced additional annual inflation adjustments for more than 50 tax provisions for 2016, including the tax rate schedules and other tax changes.

The Internal Revenue Service released its annual update Wednesday on the cost of living adjustments for pension plans and retirement plans for next year, along with the amounts of standard deductions and other tax benefits.

Starbucks Corp. and a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV unit must each pay as much as 30 million euros ($34 million) in back taxes after the European Union said they were handed illegal fiscal deals by the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

ADP reported a pickup in wage growth for the private sector during the third quarter of the year, especially among younger workers switching jobs.

The impact of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting action plan is still unclear, but tax executives are planning ahead for changes on the international tax front.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… there was more than likely fraud and payment errors in accounts payable processes within the Death Star.

Whitinger & Company LLC has signed an agreement to merge in Merrill Greene, CPA’s firm, Greene Inc., effective Nov. 1, 2015.

Internal auditors with advanced levels of education, training and certification are seeing bigger salaries, according to a new survey.

The Internal Revenue Service met with a group of state tax administrators and tax industry leaders Tuesday to discuss additional steps they are taking for next tax season to strengthen safeguards against identity theft and tax refund fraud.

Sageworks announced an integration of its flagship ProfitCents financial analysis platform and its valuation solution with Xero.

The Anti-Fraud Collaboration introduced a free set of online self-study courses Tuesday for corporate ethics training that can provide continuing professional education credit.

Business valuation knowledge and big data provider BizEquity has launched Accountant Office, an online tool that lets accountants and business advisors streamline and enhance the valuation process.

There’s a new CPA Exam coming out in 2017 – and more to come after that, according to leaders at the American Institute of CPAs.

Three former top executives of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP avoided potential prison terms after a Manhattan jury failed to agree on whether they lied to investors in the run-up to the largest law-firm bankruptcy in history.

National Estate Planning Awareness Week is October 19 to 25, and two New York CPAs have some advice for estate planners and their clients.

U.S. Wealth Management CEO John Napolitano talks about how and when accountants should refer clients to an outside financial planner and work together with the advisor, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

This is my 100th Art of Accounting column and I cannot believe it. When I started I was hoping I would be able to write 25 or 30 such articles. I have now reached 100 and still have plenty more to go.