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Visitors to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, leave appreciative notes on a glass wall near the entrance.

Financial Accounting Standards Board chairman Russell Golden marked FASB’s 40th anniversary in his first major speech since taking over the chairmanship in July, outlining the changes he plans for the standard-setting board.

The prospects for Chinese companies going public on the U.S. stock markets via reverse mergers appear to improving, despite the worries about accounting fraud that derailed several Chinese stocks in recent years.

U.S. Wealth Management CEO John Napolitano talks with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood about how accounting firms can build their financial planning practices and become successful at offering some nontraditional services to clients.

These days whatever is on the market to help practitioners and consultants work better with PDFs while on the go will at least get a look – or a download -- and iAnnotate PDF is garnering serious attention from those looking to read and make their own notes on their PDF files.

Rahn & Bodmer Co., the Swiss private bank established by silk traders in 1750, said it’s cooperating with a U.S. Department of Justice probe into cross-border accounts of American clients.

Swiftpage, the new owner of ACT!, has released version 16 of the long-time contact management product with multiple, user-requested enhancements and a promise to roll out new updates several times a year.

As an accountant, I have a question for you. How many of your clients own their own captive insurance company?

The National Society of Accountants has elected a slate of new officers, district governors, and State Directors at its 68th Annual Meeting in Indianapolis.

Between October 2011 and September 2012, the Internal Revenue Service investigated 13 complaints of IRS personnel who directly contacted taxpayers instead of going through their designated representatives, but IRS managers disciplined or counseled only two of the employees because of their actions.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board voted Wednesday to issue an exposure draft with proposals to improve financial reporting about public and private development-stage entities., easing the requirements for revenue recognition and measurement and other areas

Top 100 Firm BKD LLP has acquired the Erie, Pa.-based accounting firm Malin Bergquist & Co. LLP. Malin Bergquist will officially join BKD on Oct. 1, 2013.

Computer system developer System76 Inc. has launched BeansBooks, a new cloud accounting platform designed for small businesses which focuses on clean interfaces, practical processes and concise reports.

Top Sage North America partner Net@Work has expanded its nonprofit accounting software business through the purchase of Blytheco’s Abila practice.

The Congressional Budget Office is seeing a $400 billion reduction in the federal government’s budget deficit for the current fiscal year, thanks to increased tax revenues due largely to the expiration of the payroll tax cut.

Forty percent of Americans are spending more money on health care compared to a year ago, according to a new report by Bankrate.com, which found that only 8 percent are spending less.

ADP has added new features to its ADP Workforce New software to help midsize employers comply with the requirements of the Affordable Care Act.

During the 2013 proxy season, the majority of Fortune 100 companies disclosed more information about their audit committees and external auditors than is required, according to a new report by Ernst & Young.

Chris Perkins has earned the title of managing partner at Holtzman Partners.

Awareness of the implications of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, also known as FATCA, is growing.