Financial reporting

Is it time to consider a new form of financial reporting?

The staff of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has put a set of frequently asked questions relating to issues connected to the implementation of the board’s funding rules as they related to brokers and dealers.

Highlights from our coverage of our 3rd Annual Growth & Profitability Summit, including keynote sessions, and tips, strategies and best practices on tax, technology, recruiting and retention, M&A, and more.

Accounting firms shouldn’t think that there isn’t a cost to a merger that doesn’t happen -- or worse, one that falls apart -- lawyer and M&A expert Steven Berger told attendees at Accounting Today’s Growth & Profitability Summit.

Accounting Today announced the winners of its annual Best Firms to Work For ranking during the Growth & Profitability Summit in Boca Raton, Fla., on Monday.

Nearly two-thirds of accountants gave Congress a grade of F in a recent survey.

John Wolfgang, co-founder of UHY International, has stepped down as chairman of the global organization.

In an exclusive interview with Accounting Today, Leslie Seidman chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, detailed the current status and likely future timeline for the four main remaining part of the board’s convergence agenda with the International Accounting Standards Board.

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Financial Accounting Standards Board chair Leslie Seidman is planning for a multilateral way of working with the International Accounting Standards Board in the future, even as her term approaches an end next year.

Jennifer Palmer Farrington has joined WeiserMazars LLP as the new chief marketing officer.

Fruci & Associates has agreed to acquire MartinelliMick PLLC of Spokane, Wash.

The International Federation of Accountants and the International Valuation Standards Council have renewed their memorandum of understanding and plan to strengthen their mutual efforts to improve confidence in business reporting.

Intuit Inc. has made available QuickBooks Online Accountant, which will give accounting professionals Web-based access to tools to perform essential accounting tasks.

BDO USA LLP announced that it is expanding its Philadelphia presence with the addition of Asher & Co. Ltd, for an undisclosed amount.

The trustees of the IFRS Foundation have published their own staff’s analysis of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s final staff report on International Financial Reporting Standards in an effort to address some of the findings and prod the U.S. into embracing IFRS.

The American Institute of CPAs plans to publish its first book for the consumer market early next year.

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The Financial Accounting Foundation’s recently created Private Company Council plans to host its initial public meeting on December 6.