Daniel Hood

Two thirds of accountants say that strategic planning and financial analysis are challenging for their business clients -- and many are turning to the cloud to help.

The first five inspections of broker-dealer audit and new attestation engagements subject to PCAOB standards show deficiencies in the auditors' application of those standards.

An ongoing pilot program from the IRS is offering an Identify Protection Personal ID Number to taxpayers who filed federal returns last year in certain states.

Major M&A put two large firms in the lead for new SEC clients.

Edwin J. Kliegman, a co-founder of Top 20 Firm Marcum, a founding father of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners, and a passionate champion of small CPA practices, has died.

The National Conference of CPA Practitioners is seeking candidates for election to its Board of Directors.

Accounting and professional services marketing pioneer Bruce W. Marcus died in early December at the age of 89.

Tax professionals are looking forward to a better tax season this year, according to a recent survey – or at least one that’s no worse.

In a recent poll, just over one in every five CPA firms (22%) indicated that they expect revenue growth of more than 10 percent in the new year.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released guidance to improve the way private companies account for intangible assets in a business combination.

Nonprofit accounting software developer AccuFund Inc. has released a new edition of its AccuFund Accounting Suite.

ClientyWhys has launched TaxBuzz.com, a free online directory of tax professionals.

Cloud-based document management provider LedgerDocs has launched an integration with QuickBooks Online, allowing users to create transactions from documents posted directly to QBO.

TSheets and Cougar Mountain Software announced a planned integration of the former’s Time Tracking system with the latter’s Denali Payroll Accounting system.

Intuit has made its new QuickBooks Online Accountant available to new users.

Sqrl announced an e-signature add-on, 88seventysign, for its client communication platform.

Cloud-based document storage and sharing solution provider SmartVault has closed a $4.5 million round of funding.

Accounting and finance software developer Cougar Mountain Software has attained Gold Application Development competency from Microsoft.

There are two things you can't get anywhere except at a meeting of your fellow professionals

QuickBooks app developer B2BGateway has launched a new solution that lets QuickBooks Online users communicate with trading partners through EDI technology.