Financial reporting

Over three quarters of accounting firms reported in a recent survey that they allow staff to work remotely.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Silicon Valley software company and two former executives in an accounting fraud where timesheets were falsified to hit quarterly financial targets.

CPA/comedian Greg Kyte combines stand-up and professional education with the launch of Comedy CPE.

Top 10 Firm CohnReznick LLP has signed a letter of intent to combine with Bethesda, Md.-based Top 100 Firm Watkins Meegan LLC on November 1.

The AICPA said in its Sept. 24 letter that it “strongly supports” the IRS’s effort to develop standards allowing for electronic signature. However, stricter methods of achieving these means were urged

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has released a set of provisional standards for companies in the transportation sector.

Two research studies released Wednesday demonstrate the significant changes to behavior triggered by integrated reporting.

Deloitte said Wednesday it posted record revenues of $34.2 billion globally for the fiscal year ending May 31, as demand for services at its member firms produced their fifth consecutive year of growth.

The second public meeting of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans (“the Council”) will be held on Thursday, October 2, 2014, from 9:00am - 11:30am EDT, on site at the US Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C.

The International Federation of Accountants’ Professional Accountants in Business Committee has issued guidance on developing and reporting supplementary financial measures that fall outside of GAAP.

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The Accountants Confidence Index took a slight dip in September, countering a slight rise in August -- though both the short-term and the mid-term figures remained in sync.

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has approved its Conceptual Framework for General Purpose Financial Reporting by Public Sector Entities.

The majority of Australian accounting students are now foreign, The Australian Financial Review reports. 79% of Australian graduate accounting students hailed from overseas in 2013, with 55% of international students comprising undergraduate scholars in the field as well. Accounting was only behind business and management enrollment for international students in the Australian collegiate system last year.

The Private Company Council, the standard-setter for privately held companies, voted Tuesday to finalize an alternative that would exempt private companies from separately recognizing and measuring non-competition agreements and customer-related intangible assets that are not capable of being sold or licensed independently in a business combination.

The American Institute of CPAs has reorganized some of the content of its auditing and attestation standards.

Congratulations - you're a new parent! But how will work respond? It's no secret that maternal or parental leave differs from company to company, with benefits ranging from exceptional to unremarkable. Thankfully, Working Mother Magazine has compiled a handy list of 100 companies that treat recent parents with the best programs and support. Notably, a number of tax and accounting firms have been recognized for their work/life balance.

Cleveland-based firm Meaden & Moore LLP has announced a partnership with Canadian-based LBC International, Ltd., creating the new partnership Meaden & Moore International LLP (MMI), which will combine LBC's London office with Meaden & Moore's UK subsidiary.

The Indiana CPA Society has released its first integrated report, becoming the first state CPA society in the U.S. to prepare its own integrated report.

I’m a CPA, and I’m here to tell you financial reporting became simpler and easier to use in two significant areas.