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Top CPA firm ParenteBeard recently announced to its clients that it is closing its two-decade old technology practice, ParenteBeard Technology, effective this Friday, November 29.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board approved a 2014 fiscal-year budget of approximately $258.4 million, a 5 percent increase over this past year, and a 2013-2017 strategic plan that includes a greater focus on accounting firms’ burgeoning consulting practices.

The Web site Bestaccountingschools.net has created an online guide for aspiring accountants in infographic form.

I have always told my clients to call me before they did anything major or new financially to see if there was anything tax-wise that could be done to help them.

Preservation of an unlimited charitable deduction garnered wide support from Senate leaders after more than 200 officials from various nonprofits paid a visit to Capitol Hill last week to lobby lawmakers.

The Internal Revenue Service is making steady progress toward complying with an initiative from the federal government to improve the security of external computer network connections, according to a new government report, but further improvements could still be made.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued a fix to correct a problem that emerged with the transition to new pension accounting standards.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board voted Monday to endorse two accounting standards proposed by the Private Company Council pertaining to accounting for goodwill subsequent to a business combination and for certain types of interest rate swaps in an effort to modify the existing accounting standards for private companies.

I'm a payroll Betty. I built my firm on payroll services. I cringe at the thought of a desktop world.

The mobile practitioner needs tools to stay connected to their calendars for all meetings and schedules, and the Tempo Smart Calendar app is one getting noticed and appreciated as it acts like a virtual personal assistant.