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Trent Foster has joined Weaver as a partner in the firm’s Dallas-based assurance services practice.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to better adhere to requirements to justify and document noncompetitive contract awards, according to a new report.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants has released for public comment an exposure draft on proposed changes to certain provisions of the ethics code related to non-assurance services for audit clients.

Credit Suisse AG agreed to pay $2.6 billion in penalties and pleaded guilty to helping Americans cheat on their taxes, making it the first global bank in a decade to admit to a crime in a U.S. courtroom.

The formula for profitability has been established for ages. Every business owner, CEO, freelancer and entrepreneur knows it. It is even supported—scratch that, mandated—by GAAP, which is enforced by the SEC in the United States.

A task force at the American Institute of CPAs is urging CPAs to embrace new ways of learning and professional development to compete better in a rapidly evolving global marketplace.

American Institute of CPAs president and CEO Barry Melancon discussed the need for greater diversity at CPA firms as efforts at greater inclusion seem to be running into some headwinds.

California accounting and business consulting firm Armanino announced that their community outreach program, the Great Give, will be held Thursday, May 22.

The American Institute of CPAs is pushing back against a proposal by Internal Revenue Service commissioner John Koskinen to offer a form of voluntary tax preparer certification after a series of court rulings invalidated the IRS’s efforts to require mandatory testing and continuing education of preparers.

Executives from Thomson Reuters, ADP, Xero, CPA2Biz, Sage, Bank of America and Intuit talk with Accounting Today editors at the Meet the Editors dinner at Keens Steakhouse in New York about what accountants should be learning to do for their clients and practices.