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The International Federation of Accountants has released a new briefing paper on how accountants can help their organizations address sustainability issues and incorporate them into business decisions.

The Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General issued a report criticizing PricewaterhouseCoopers’ audit of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and has referred to the matter to the American Institute of CPAs’ Professional Ethics Division.

More than a dozen years ago, the U.S. experienced a rash of high-profile accounting scandals. Now it’s Japan’s turn.

Sage announced several product revamps to kick off the 2015 Sage Summit Tuesday, including Sage X3 in the cloud and Sage Live, developed in partnership with Salesforce.

Since the advent of Financial Accounting Standard 133 in 1998, financial statement preparers have been dealing with the onerous and complex requirements of hedge accounting, arguably one of the most complex statements that the board has promulgated.

The Anti-Fraud Collaboration, a joint effort of the Center for Audit Quality, Financial Executives International, the Institute of Internal Auditors and the National Association of Corporate Directors, has released the third in a series of case studies examining how to identify and stop accounting fraud in an organization.

Jim Metzler is as close to a crystal ball as you’ll get

Electronic payments and banking technology provider ACI Worldwide said the Internal Revenue Service has extended its relationship with the company’s OfficialPayments.com online bill payment service portal.

A roundup of new and updated hardware, software, books and services for accountants.

Why so many young professionals lack the basics, and what to do about it

The Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada organization has published a new study on the evolving corporate reporting landscape, focusing particularly on sustainability issues.

Lyle Benson of L.K. Benson & Co., who chairs the AICPA's PFP section, discusses the main personal financial planning issues identified by the AICPA's PFP section of concern to CPAs, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

In the first two quarters of 2015, there were 207 sales and use tax rate changes, up from 159 in the first six months of 2014, according to a new report.

UBS AG and a banker-turned-whistleblower were deemed to have too “unclean hands” to bring a malicious prosecution lawsuit against a real-estate developer who had accused them of duping him into filing a false tax return.

Republicans in the U.S. House called for the firing of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, saying the man brought in to turn around the tax agency has lost their trust.

Additional victims of the early May’s severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding in parts of Texas may qualify for tax relief from the IRS.

Tension between ACA credits and mandates continues after the King decision

When mid-market law firms need help, they turn to RBZ

An 85 percent majority of CPAs in New Jersey expect their businesses to grow in the coming year, according to a new survey.

The American Institute of CPAs has revised two publications used by auditors of governmental and not-for-profit entities that spend federal awards and those who audit state and local government financial statements.