Seven in ten Americans ages 45-74 say they plan to work in retirement or never retire, according to AARP. In stark contradiction to the single paradigm of “retirement” as an end to work, older Americans are redesigning the whole notion of life and work.

The task of making financial reporting simpler and more useful isn’t so simple as one might hope, according to several influential accounting officials who met to discuss the problem.

Small-business owners and industry representatives told a House committee that the tax breaks in the stimulus package passed by Congress in February have helped some companies.

The Senate has voted unanimously to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs for eight more years and make several changes to the programs that provide monetary awards to small businesses.

The International Accounting Standards Board has proposed changing the accounting standards for measuring and classifying financial instruments in response to concerns raised by the financial crisis.

Turmoil in the financial markets has negated the value of fair value accounting, according to more than half the respondents to a new survey.

IMGCAP(1)] Malik, a first-year African-American associate assignedto a major accounting firm’s California office, frets that he has blownhis one chance to make a good first impression:

The International Federation of Accountants and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants have issued a revised Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants that strengthens the independence requirements of auditors.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has added a new project to its agenda aimed at making financial disclosures more organized and less redundant.

Entrepreneurs urged lawmakers to extend the research and development tax credit at a House subcommittee hearing Thursday.

The International Accounting Standards Board has published a stripped-down set of International Financial Reporting Standards aimed at small and midsized privately held businesses.

Ever since we launched a redesigned Web site in late April, we’ve been eager to add new features and we can finally roll out the first major one.

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has introduced a bill to lower the tax burden on small businesses.

CCH said it is supporting the new FASB Accounting Standards Codification in its CCH Accounting Research Manager service.

Brown Smith Wallace said it has successfully completed all of its peer review examinations and received the best possible rating for its third consecutive review.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has officially launched its FASB Accounting Standards Codification, an online interactive research tool that will serve as the single source of authoritative nongovernmental U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

The Obama administration has sent legislation to Capitol Hill to create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency.

The Private Company Financial Reporting Committee met to discuss topics ranging from revenue recognition to FIN 48-d and loan-loss contingencies.

Financial Accounting Standards Board Chairman Robert Herz refuses to accept the inevitability of another financial system collapse.

Proposed legislation would make it easier for small businesses to qualify for the home office tax deduction.