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It’s just not in the nature of most accountants to make hassle calls to taxpayer clients who are late coming in to get their returns prepared and filed.

According to a new Robert Half survey, employees claim to want more feedback on their career futures with their bosses. The research claims that 40 percent of professionals say their managers never discuss their career paths with them.

“This meeting is about perspective,” said Barry Melancon, president and CEO of the American Institute of CPAs, while sharing his during the AICPA’s 2015 Fall Meeting of Council.

The Securities and Exchange Commission reported Thursday on its enforcement results in fiscal year 2015, highlighting several cases involving accounting and auditing lapses.

Magician David Copperfield has sued his accountant for failing to file his 2008 and 2009 Canadian tax returns and not telling him his previous accountant didn’t file his 2007 Canadian tax return either.

The CAQ highlights nine areas auditors will want to pay particular attention to in the next audit cycle

The Internal Revenue Service has been providing face-to-face assistance to fewer people at its Taxpayer Assistance Centers around the country, according to a new government report.

The dizzying rise and rapid fall in the shares of drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. is eerily familiar to Canadian investors still smarting from the last time a small market was dominated by single stocks—BlackBerry Ltd. and Nortel Networks Corp.

Despite a still shaky U.S. stock market, Americans are continuing to enjoy personal financial satisfaction in the third quarter, according to the AICPA's most recent PFSi (Personal Financial Satisfaction Index) released today.

Surveys show that more and more clients are complaining that their accountants are not proactive or innovative enough – but they can change that, according to futurist Daniel Burrus.