Practice management

The Senate passed a bipartisan bill that would provide tax-filing relief for taxpayers in states that have issued state-level disaster declarations, sending the bill to President Trump for his signature.

Wiss hosts third annual summer financial literacy program; Schneider Downs adds five shareholders; and more news from across the profession.

Auditing card transactions for fraud and policy violations is a specialized task, one that auditors and finance professionals are trained to handle.

Plus, Abacus announces $6.6 million seed funding for agentic AI assistants; and other news and updates from the accounting tech arena.

Smith + Howard, an Atlanta-based Top 100 Firm, has opened two new tax practices: site selection + incentives and state and local income tax consulting.

Ramp released of its first set of AI agents, "built and trained to think like your sharpest controller and work like a thousand of them—around the clock."

Matthew Becker, BDO USA's national managing principal of tax, has been ratified by a principal-wide vote to succeed Wayne Berson as the firm's next CEO, effective July 1, 2026.

Meaden & Moore acquires ChainRing Advisors; Platform Accounting expands in Chicago.

The PE-alternative Franklin Alliance acquired Robert Morris & Company in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, as it aims to create a platform of local CPA firms.