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Baruch College in New York brought together the former chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Bob Herz, and the former chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board, Sir David Tweedie, last month to discuss the evolution of accounting standards and the convergence process.

Improvements are needed to safeguard and protect employers that use payroll providers.

A short history lesson about Black Americans who became CPAs after they were told that they it wasn't possible.

G2 Crowd, the user-generated business software review platform, published its updated Grid report for accounting software, ranking nine products based on 425 reviews.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation in the House that would make the current adoption tax credit fully refundable.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving a couple who owed more than $22,000 in unpaid taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, lost their case in Tax Court and then argued that the Tax Court violated the U.S. Constitution.

Yahoo! Inc. is pushing ahead with plans to spin off its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. after comments by the IRS triggered a share slump amid concerns the deal could hit a snag.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the American Institute of CPAs are proposing to revise the standards for continuing professional education for accountants, adding new methods for “blended learning” combining live classes and online study, and “nano-learning” in short 10-minute segments.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year again—Accounting Today’s VAR 100 list, ranking the top value-added resellers of accounting and accounting-related software by revenue.

Any major changes to private equity’s most favored tax break won’t happen until 2017, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said.

In 2013, property taxes on real and personal property owned or leased by businesses accounted for the largest share of total state and local business taxes in the U.S.

House Ways and Means Committee chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., explained his tax reform plans Tuesday during a speech before the American Institute of CPAs at the AICPA’s Spring Meeting of Council in Washington, D.C.

Many tax preparers find themselves correcting goofs from clients’ previous preparers.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting’s CCH Small Firm Services has launched a new product bundle that combines tax preparation software with a range of other tools.

Intuit’s Accountant and Advisor Group is celebrating Global Accountant Day May 20, with festivities extended to more than a week.

Sartain Fischbein & Co. has agreed to merge into the Top 100 Firm Eide Bailly LLP. The deal will close on June 1, 2015.

Marks Paneth's managing partner, Mark Levenfus will succeed Jean-Pierre Larroze as chairman.

The IRS’s scrutiny of tax avoidance in offshore locations has discouraged bidders from taking over reinsurers, potentially reducing the companies’ value.

Avalara launched SALT-in-a-Box, a no-cost program for accountants and bookkeepers to help their clients proactively identify and address SALT compliance issues.

New York University Stern School of Business has announced a new one-year, full-time Master of Science in Accounting that will begin accepting qualified college graduates to start in the fall semester 2016. This program will satisfy the 150-credit-hour education requirement needed as a prerequisite for New York State’s CPA certification.