Michael Cohn

The Big Four accounting firms are moving more into the legal services market, competing with law firms on their traditional turf, according to a new report.

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission’s internal control framework can help provide more assurance to investors about sustainability reporting by companies, according to a new paper.

Deloitte saw its global annual revenue reach $38.8 billion in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2017, a $2 billion increase over the prior year.

The Treasury Secretary floated the idea of not giving accountants the same tax cuts that companies like manufacturers would get under the Trump administration’s tax reform plan.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has created a new web page to help companies implement its new standards.

More than three-quarters of directors at public companies polled by BDO USA expect a tax overhaul to be achieved before the end of Trump’s term in office, but only 22 percent anticipate it will happen before the end of this year.

Moss Adams LLP, a Top 100 Firm, has expanded its health care consulting practice by combining with Seattle-based Rona Consulting Group, effective Sept. 1.

Two CPA firms in San Luis Obispo, Calif., Glenn Burdette and Radakovich, Shaw & Blythe LLP, are combining.

The Internal Revenue Service streamlined the rules to make it easier for 401(k)s and similar employer-sponsored retirement plans to make loans and hardship distributions to storm victims and members of their families.

Victims in parts of Florida and other areas have until Jan. 31, 2018, to file some individual and business tax returns and make certain tax payments.

FICPA has created a website to assist accountants in the Sunshine State and line up volunteers and office space for those affected by the storm.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants is suggesting a set of changes prohibiting inducements.

The Internal Revenue Service is granting additional time to file returns and make payments for taxpayers in the Virgin Islands, with similar help expected for people in Florida and other states as well.

Republican leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee are objecting to a decision by the Department of Justice not to bring charges against the ex-director of the Exempt Organizations unit over accusations that she improperly prevented conservative organizations from getting tax-exempt status.

The Top 100 Firm is expanding its footprint in Utah with its latest deal.

CPA firms in Florida were getting ready Friday for Hurricane Irma as it made its way to the Sunshine State after decimating several islands in the Caribbean.

As Florida prepares for the storm, some steps can be taken before and after it hits.

The audits of companies’ internal controls mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are good predictors of financial fraud, according to a new study.

States and localities made nearly 400 sales tax rate changes in the first half of this year, a big jump of over 30 percent from the same period last year.

A group of four lawmakers has sent a letter to an internet governing body expressing concern about how the proposed .cpa domain extension might be exploited by fraudsters pretending to be CPAs.