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Cloud accounting software provider Wave Accounting has launched new tools to connect accountants and bookkeepers with Wave's nearly 300,000 small business customers, in an effort to help the accounting community grow their business, as well as that of the company.

Orlando-based CPA firm Berman Hopkins Wright and LaHam CPAs has partnered with Direct Retirement Solutions to establish Berman Hopkins Retirement Solutions LLC, a retirement planning, consulting and advisory services company for businesses throughout the Southeast.

Accountants and their small business clients share similar challenges of complex regulations and the pressure to lower fees and prices, according to a new poll.

Accounting firm Eide Bailly has introduced a new Employer Health Reform Analytics service to help business owners respond to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which the Supreme Court upheld last month.

Accounting Today’s WebCPA Client Connection has been integrated into InsynQ-CPAASP’s large-scale application hosting environment.

Only 26 percent of small businesses actually employ full-time or part-time accounting and/or legal help, according to a new survey, even though 64 percent of small business owners say that legal issues should be handled by professionals.

CPA and consulting firm Wipfli LLP has launched a new practice to offer turnaround and restructuring services to businesses that are experiencing operational and financial distress and attempting to recover.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram LLC has created a new licensed broker-dealer unit that will operate under the name Carr, Riggs & Ingram Transaction Advisors LLC.

Cloud-based accounts payable and receivable service Bill.com has rolled out an accountant certification program, enabling accounting firms using Bill.com to gain a deeper understanding of the product and expand their service offerings.

Two recent court cases have had a significant impact on the use of cost segregation studies in terms of reclassifying building components for accelerated depreciation.

Here are the areas where a CPA firm could be most useful to retail companies:

As Jan. 1, 2013, approaches, attention is turning once again to the estate tax and the form it should take. The current estate tax regime is set to expire at the end of the year.

Deloitte and financial software provider BlackLine Systems have formalized a strategic business alliance designed to allow Deloitte’s finance transformation practice to help large organizations automate their account reconciliation and financial close processes, as well as better utilize BlackLine’s software.

PricewaterhouseCoopers’ valuation services team has released a report explaining the approaches that companies can take to value the benefits of their sustainability initiatives.

Top 100 Firm Postlethwaite & Netterville's Melissa Peroyea receives Health Care Leadership Award

Every entrepreneur that is struggling to be more profitable always tries to cut anything but labor. But I have a new thought for you: instead of thinking about cutting costs, increase productivity!

ParenteBeard has reorganized its nonprofit consulting affiliate Dewey & Kaye, further integrating it into the accounting firm.

Deloitte has introduced Deloitte Digital, a new global service line aimed at helping clients harness digital technologies to develop their businesses.

The federal Research and Experimentation Tax Credit has had no shortage of publicity.

Apart from financial risk, 66 percent of corporate board members identified reputational risk as their primary concern, according to a survey of 190 board directors by accounting firm EisnerAmper.