Michael Cohn

Another 173,000 jobs were added by employers in August, including 3,100 in accounting and bookkeeping services, sending the unemployment rate down two-tenths of a point to 5.1 percent.

Certify, a company that specializes in expense management software, wants to draw attention to the problem of expense report fraud.

Greenfield/Belser, a company that designs websites for professional services firms, is launching a catalog and review of 200 accounting, consulting and law firm websites next week.

The Internal Revenue Service's decision not to update mortality assumptions to reflect today's higher life expectancy could help corporate pension plan sponsors save at least $18 billion in 2016 as they continue to calculate minimum funding contributions according to outdated models, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.

One of the leaders of the Senate’s main tax committee is sounding the alarm about proposed budget cuts at the Internal Revenue Service and warning that it could encourage identity theft, tax evasion and tax fraud by crime syndicates.

Puerto Rico is struggling under $72 billion in debt that is forcing the territory to make some tough choices.

Average starting salaries in accounting and finance are expected to rise 4.7 percent next year, according to a new salary guide from the staffing company Robert Half.

Deloitte has acquired the business and assets of Kaisen Consulting Limited, a boutique leadership consultancy of business psychologists based in the U.K. and U.S., which will operate under the name “Deloitte Leadership.”

Private sector employers added 190,000 jobs in August, according to payroll giant ADP, in another sign of steady employment gains.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC has expanded its presence in Northeast Florida by merging in the Jacksonville-based CPA firm Harbeson, Fletcher & Bateh, LLP.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has published a staff inspection brief detailing the objectives, focus, and scope of its ongoing inspections in 2015 of auditors of brokers and dealers.

A California CPA has admitted to abusing his positions at a worship center in New Jersey and a nonprofit in California to steal more than $4 million.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board released the proposed 2016 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy for public review and comment Tuesday.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board decided Tuesday to add a project to its technical agenda to re-examine the financial reporting model for state and local governments.

The Internal Revenue Service’s processing of tax returns that reported or claimed Premium Tax Credits during the 2015 filing season was challenged by delays in receiving data from some health insurance marketplaces and exchanges, and overpayments of Advance Premium Tax Credits, according to a new government report.

Compensation and revenue at small businesses increased this summer, along with the number of hours worked, Intuit reported Tuesday, although employment fell last month.

Grassi & Co. has merged in Rispoli and Co. CPAs, PC, effective Sept. 1, 2015, increasing Grassi’s trust and estate services on Long Island.

CliftonLarsonAllen is merging in the Texas accounting firm Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier, LLP, effective Sept. 1, 2015, bolstering CLA’s footprint in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Payroll giant Paychex detected a slight slowdown in small business employment growth last month.

Coming to the TV schedule later this year is a new series about a fraud investigator who finds out that her fiancé is trying to defraud her, and she is determined to turn the tables on him before he devastates her forensic accounting career.