Two-thirds of firms say they don't need outside capital, and of the third that do, the most common reason they're looking might surprise you.

Accounting firm leaders should stop waiting for struggling people, processes and clients to change on their own.

A group of firm partners were asked what qualities they look for most in new hires. Their answers provoked some pushback from accounting students.

Networth2B, a small business accounting solutions provider specializing in local apps that stay on the user's device, announced the addition of new billing features for professional services providers.

Independent research firm Morningstar's latest study of the value of financial advice examines tax-efficient IRA asset location during the decumulation phase.

The open enrollment season for employee benefits is underway at many companies, and employees may be seeing changes this year thanks to the SECURE 2.0 Act.

Accountants need to invest in technological change that will attract the next generation of accounting talent and reshape the economics of the field.

Accounting's most influential name the profession's biggest issues.

As part of this year's Top 100 Most Influential People survey, Accounting Today asked, "What is the most important issue currently facing the accounting profession?"

Steve Lockshin and Michael Kitces tied what they view as some mistaken assumptions around fees to the competitive need for more estate planning services.

Business executives are most worried about the risks from cybersecurity and third parties, but see opportunities for growth in the next few years.

Morningstar's study of this growing area of asset management suggests that 529 plan quality is rising, despite the research firm's lackluster grades for it.

Blindly accepting AI outputs, setting poor AI controls, failing to update processes when software changes: many AI problems unfortunately begin with the human, but it is also humans that can prevent them.

Audit teams with a greater number of women provide higher-quality audits at a lower cost, according to new research.

Small businesses in particular lost a total of 120,000 jobs.

Last month brought a slight uptick in wage and job growth at small businesses, payroll company Paychex reported.

Job satisfaction for female CPAs in tax, audit and CAS has improved by more than twice as much for female CPAs than it has for male CPAs in those areas.

Accounting firms are moving from "people businesses" to businesses filled with individual people.

Monotony may not sound like a business threat, but in finance, it's quietly eroding productivity from within.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration will examine the workforce reductions by the Trump administration and the elimination of paper checks.