Michael Cohn

Executives at mid-market companies are becoming more cautious about the economic outlook in the coming year, according to a new survey by Deloitte.

The wild swings in the financial markets this week due to the fallout from Chinese stocks could be prompting some anxious calls from investors to their CPA.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has finalized the changes in its standard for auditor reporting on special purpose financial statements.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that total nonfarm employment increased by a robust 292,000 jobs in December, although there was a loss of 4,900 jobs in accounting and bookkeeping services.

The Internal Revenue Service is giving educational institutions a pass if they fail to include the correct taxpayer identification number on a student’s tuition statement form.

Ohio accounting firm Whalen & Company CPAs is starting a new venture this year by merging in the QuickBooks consulting firm Simplibooks and launching a new tax preparation service it is calling Simplitax.

Machen McChesney has acquired Wolf & Taunton, a Montgomery Ala.-based accounting firm, effective Dec. 1, 2015.

TaxAct has released the 2015 Preparer’s Editions of its tax preparation software.

The Internal Revenue Service has dropped a proposed regulation giving tax-exempt organizations the option of providing the Social Security Numbers of their donors.

A filmmaker is suggesting a new way to avoid skirmishes over notoriously dubious Hollywood accounting.

Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP said Wednesday that Baltimore-based Stegman & Company will join the firm on June 1, 2016.

WeiserMazars LLP has elected CEO Victor Wahba as the new chairman of the firm, effective Jan. 1, 2016, succeeding Douglas A. Phillips, who has become a senior advisor to the firm.

CBIZ, Inc. has acquired the non-attest business of the San Diego, Calif.-based firm Millimaki Eggert, LLP, effective January 1, 2016, while CBIZ’s affiliated CPA firm Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. has acquired Millimaki Eggert’s attest business.

National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson released her 2015 annual report to Congress on Wednesday, focusing on her concern that the IRS may be on the verge of dramatically scaling back telephone and face-to-face service it has provided for decades.

Private sector employers added 257,000 jobs to their payrolls last month as the economy continued to strengthen across most sectors, according to payroll giant ADP.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has formed a new North American software unit led by Jason Marx, formerly the head of the company's Small Firm Services unit.

San Antonio CPA firm Findling, Milam & Pyle has joined Houston and San Antonio-based ABIP, PC, effective Jan. 1, 2016.

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service and American Express teamed up Tuesday to give clients the option to receive tax refunds on an American Express Serve account.

BeachFleischman PC has merged in Cervantes CPA Firm, P.C., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based firm, effective Jan. 1, 2016.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has endorsed a consensus recommendation from the Private Company Council to remove the effective dates for four standards.