Practice management

The International Integrated Reporting Council is asking for comments on how companies are using the framework it issued three years ago for reporting on matters beyond simply a company’s financials.

There are two extremes in working in professional services: The lone wolf who hunkers down alone, and forming teams to accomplish a goal.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, responding to the botched handling of the best-picture Oscar, is reviewing its relationship with accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers and said two of the firm’s partners won’t be invited back next year.

Names are a sensitive topic, especially to partners who have earned their name on the letterhead.

The Texas firm is adding a consultancy that specializes in performing economic analyses for commercial legal disputes and litigation support.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram has expanded its Atlanta presence by merging in Babush, Neiman, Kornman & Johnson LLP, making it one of the 15 biggest firms in the city.

Some CPA practices are using health reimbursement arrangements as a way to provide coverage to employees, in some cases offering them more benefits.

The organization behind the Academy Awards is weighing its next move after a partner at accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers handed out the wrong envelope for best picture, triggering the most spectacular blunder ever on Hollywood’s biggest night.

It turns out that the profession has many of the symptoms -- and its holding them back.

WithumSmith+Brown, PC has rolled out a “Dress for Your Day” policy with a manual illustrating the different ways staff can dress depending upon what they are doing that day.

The Arizona firm helped supply a year's worth of food to local nonprofit Feed My Starving Children.

PricewaterhouseCoopers issued an apology early Monday morning in the wake of a historic flub at Sunday night’s Academy Awards telecast when actors Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty presented the Best Picture award to the wrong movie.

Accountants can lead their firms to greater financial success while finding greater personal fulfillment, according to Jason Blumer of Thriveal.

In no department is it more important to set an example than in accounting and finance.

One thing that all successful companies have in common, no matter the industry, is strong leadership, and that’s also true of accounting firms.

The international association adds members is Belgium and France; EisnerAmper wins a PAM Award, Armanino is named Adaptive Insights Partner of the Region; and more news from across the country.

Grant Thornton holds partnership board elections, Prager Metis' co-MP is elected to chair a charity's chapter, and other recent hires, promotions and personnel news from firms across the country.

The Association for Accounting Marketing is accepting firms' stories of philanthropy until March 3rd.

The staffing company Randstad has released a new salary guide for accountants, including detailed listings of salaries for a variety of accounting and finance jobs in states and major cities across the U.S.