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Many in the accounting profession are experiencing a human resources crisis and a corresponding shortage of future leadership. What are most firms doing about it?

Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee are being inundated with suggestions for tax reform, despite the limited prospects for comprehensive reform ahead of next year’s elections.

In February, I wrote an article about the challenge I was about to embark on: tax season along with training for an Ironman competition.

The International Federation of Accountants has convened the first meeting of a coalition of major accounting firms, civil society groups and international organizations to develop strategies to encourage high-quality public sector financial reporting, greater government transparency and accountability, and empowered citizen engagement.

Technology consultant Joe Woodard discusses technology trends for accountants and how automation is turning traditional services into commodities that accountants have to make more valuable for clients, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

The requirements in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for outside audits of internal control may actually be penalizing companies that reveal problems with their controls, according to a new study.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to do better at ensuring that health insurance policy issuers and self-insured plan sponsors pay a fee required under the Affordable Care Act known as the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research fee, according to a new government report.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued for public comment Wednesday a proposed accounting standards update that would defer the effective date of its new revenue recognition standard by one year.

Members of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators agreed in principle on the text of a multilateral arrangement for exchanging information about audit firms during a meeting in Taipei.

The International Accounting Standards Board voted Tuesday to propose a one-year deferral of the revenue recognition standard that the IASB converged last year with the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board.

Senior financial professionals polled by the Institute of Management Accountants reported little impact on their hiring plans as a result of the Affordable Care Act.

Top 100 Firm McGladrey LLP has agreed to acquire substantially all the assets of the Bay area firm PKF San Francisco and the St. Louis-based firm Wolfe Nilges Nahorski. McGladrey expects to close both deals on Aug. 1, 2015.

New software, hardware, books and services for accountants

Making the case for mergers and acquisitions

Ideas for tax reform abound, though the prospects are not as bright as they once were.

Kashoo CEO Jim Secord discusses how accountants can communicate better with their clients using mobile technology, in an interview with Accounting Technology editor-in-chief Danielle Lee.

Limited liability companies have become the entity of choice for small business owners and are commonly utilized by professionals in asset protection planning.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to make further improvements in how it audits partnership tax returns, including assessing how much additional tax the partners owe after a partnership return is audited, according to a new government report.

The National Football League’s central office will become a taxable entity, ending its tax-exempt status in a move with minimal financial effect and significant symbolic value.

Certain EAs who haven’t timely renewed their enrollment status need to do so as soon as possible: