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CPA-focused business intelligence tool provider iLumen has added a survey platform as well as budgeting and forecasting capabilities to work in conjunction with its Client Intelligence and Industry Intelligence products.

The unthinkable happened to me. My office was burglarized and a computer stolen containing all of my clients’ personal information! This is my cautionary tale to my colleagues—we have become targets in the IRS identity theft epidemic.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Private Company Council voted Tuesday to finalize the Private Company Decision-Making Framework, which outlines criteria they intend to use for determining whether and under what circumstances it is appropriate to adjust financial reporting requirements for private companies following U.S. GAAP.

The Internal Revenue Service told its employees and the union representing them Tuesday that it has taken various budget-related steps that will enable the IRS it to cancel the next planned unpaid furlough day for employees on Monday, July 22.

Nearly two-thirds of accounting professionals in a new poll believe the Affordable Care Act will make it less likely for businesses to hire new employees in the next year.

The American Institute of CPAs has written a letter to members of Congress to support legislation that would block the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2010 proposal to change its definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to include appraisers of employee stock ownership plans.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is looking into findings from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration that the confidential tax records of political donors or candidates have been inappropriately accessed or disclosed in several instances since 2006 and why the Justice Department has declined to prosecute the perpetrators.

Carolyn Mazzenga, partner-in-charge of the High-Net Worth Individual Group at Marcum, sat down with Accounting Today managing editor Tamika Cody to discuss who should take responsibility for the lack of female leaders in the accounting profession.

The cost of the transition to International Financial Reporting Standards was significant for many companies, but generally around the same amount they had budgeted or less than they expected, according to a new study.

With the formal release of the 2013 AICPA Guide, Valuation of Privately-Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, there are two valuation concepts that are new to the updated guide, but are already in fairly wide use.

Sales tax and compliance automation service Avalara has formed a strategic alliance with AGN International-North America Inc. which will enable firms to access sales and use tax (SUT) and value added tax (VAT) information and related resources.

Palo Alto Software has launched a service to integrate QuickBooks data with the company’s LivePlan software to remotely monitor the performance of a business for its accountants.

With more practitioners working with electronic documents on their iPhones and iPads, the need to be able print them out rises as well and, as such, they are turning to apps like PrintCentral.

Deltek has purchased Texas-based project management product maker and services provider Acumen Solutions with the intent of helping Deltek enhance its products’ planning capabilities.

The global consulting firm Protiviti has published a new study on how the internal audit function is changing at companies around the world as internal audit teams collaborate with more parts of the organization while also trying to maintain their independence.

Four months after it was sold by Sage Group to Accel-KKR, Sage Nonprofit Solutions has officially changed its name to Abila, with plans to increase its workforce by 20 percent to 150 employees in 2013.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the American Institute of CPAs have pledged their cooperation on financial reporting frameworks for private after a dispute broke out between the two organizations over the AICPA’s recent issuance of its Financial Reporting Framework for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.

H&R Block said it has entered into an agreement with Republic Bank and Trust Company to sell assets and transfer liabilities from its H&R Block Bank unit to Republic.

I read an article recently on AmEx OpenForum that I found profoundly disturbing. It seems that if you aren't happy in your job, you are not alone. In fact, you are in the majority!

The Internal Revenue Service alerted taxpayers and tax professionals in an email Friday about an interest calculation error on certain notices mailed the weeks of July 1 and July 8.