The International Accounting Standards Board is headed toward a more multilateral approach in the formation of International Financial Reporting Standards, as the U.S. appears increasingly unlikely to throw its support behind IFRS this year.

Top 100 Firm Moss Adams, LLP agreed to merge with Rabanal & Smith, LLP for an undisclosed amount. The transaction is expected to close on Aug. 1.

Effective internal controls reasonably prevent material misstatements in financial reporting and fraud, but poor internal controls have hurt businesses, investors and the public accounting profession.

Less than half of senior insurance executives from companies around the world believe the U.S. should abandon U.S. GAAP standards in favor of International Financial Reporting Standards, according to a new survey.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Chicago-based Huron Consulting and two of its former executives Thursday with accounting violations, and the firm agreed to settle the charges by paying a $1 million penalty.

Himanshu Palsule will lead Sage North America's product and strategy division.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has entered into a cooperative agreement with the Spanish auditing firm regulator to allow joint inspections to begin this year for firms in Spain and the U.S.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board said it is taking a different approach than the International Accounting Standards Board in the impairment of financial instruments after a joint meeting Wednesday.

Eugene Ma and Kevin Starkey accepted into partnership at California firm

The assurance, tax, and consulting firm intends to fill 300 to 500 positions to its new corporate headquarters

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s final staff report on International Financial Reporting Standards seemed to bend over backwards to avoid making a recommendation to the SEC commissioners on how they should vote, but with all the many drawbacks listed in the report, it’s questionable how the SEC could ever vote at this point to support IFRS.

The revolving door between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the financial industry is not as big a problem as it is seems to outside observers, according to a new study.

An IRS project to assess the services of tax return preparers by visiting them around the country has been correctly implemented, but its effectiveness remains to be determined, according to a new report.

Unraveling the SEC's intentions -- and even it's timeline -- on IFRS requires special expertise ...

Jennifer Lynch Ridgely named principal-in-charge of Daszkal Bolton Family Office Services Jupiter Florida

The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Paul A. Beswick as acting chief accountant in the Office of the Chief Accountant, succeeding James Kroeker, who left the SEC last Friday.

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The International Accounting Standards Board responded with dismay to the Securities and Exchange Commission staff report on International Financial Reporting Standards.

The Office of the Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission published its final staff report on the Work Plan for global accounting standards.