Audit

Two new members have joined the CPA Consultants’ Alliance: Gary Adamson and Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk.

Accountants are at risk of not keeping up with the new breed of more digital, demanding and design-conscious consumers, warned technology leader Jon Baron of Thomson Reuters.

BDO USA’s recent addition of SS&G staff and partners, which bolstered its presence in the Midwest, came with a healthy serving of SS&G’s restaurant practice. “This deal is huge for us,” Wayne Berson, CEO of BDO USA, said during an interview with Accounting Today.

CPAs are expanding the range of specialties and advisory services they are offering clients, according to Carl Peterson, vice president of small firm interests at the American Institute of CPAs.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants has released a new paper proposing to restructure the code of ethics for accountants.

On Monday, Jeff Phillips, CEO of accounting careers website Accountingfly, addressed GroPro 2014 on how to best handle modern-day recruiting for the accounting profession. His presentation, entitled "Recruit Like the Big Four," emphasized a larger focus on investing in technology and talent in hiring top-notch candidates.

On Monday, the second day of events at the 5th Annual Growth + Profitability Summit in Boca Raton, Fla., Peter Burke, President of Best Companies Group gave the first of three presentations on key lessons taken from Accounting Today’s “Best Firms to Work For.”

Despite Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, audit committee influence over hiring the outside auditor and setting the audit fees remains more of a hope than a reality, according to a new study.

A roundup of audit and assurance news.

The opera star has already sung

A group known as the Climate Disclosure Standards Board is readying an updated Climate Change Reporting Framework that aims to tie environmental information in with financial reporting for investors.

Atsushi Kato, a former partner at PwC Japan and a public member of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants, recently shared his insights on why ethics and accountability are crucial in the wake of recent accounting scandals and what it means to operate in the public interest today.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released a proposed standard that would require state and local governments to disclose information about property and other tax abatement agreements for the first time.

American Realty Capital Properties Inc. fell for a second day Thursday after reporting accounting errors that led to the resignations of two top executives, sparking concern about the company’s ability to raise money for growth.

IIA Career Map, Plante Moran’s 2014 tax guide and more…

The Institute of Internal Auditors has introduced an online tool to help its members develop a personalized career development plan.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s new standard on auditing related party transactions and significant unusual transactions.

Office relocation and expansion, The McGladrey Classic and more...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sanctioned a Florida-based auditor for violating federal laws and regulations that require lead audit partners to periodically rotate off their audit engagements with a publicly traded company in order to preserve the integrity of the financial reporting process.

British Petroleum has filed a legal motion against the administrator of the claims settlement program set up to deal with victims of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from its Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling rig to force him to release the results of an audit by McGladrey LLP that is costing BP more than $14 million.