Financial reporting

Accounting firm mergers & acquisitions from the previous month

If your goal is to beat out the competition, there's really only one way to know for sure how you're doing, and that's by marking your progress toward the finish line relative to the other racers.

A roundup of news from around the profession from the previous month

Many firms are interested in inbound marketing, but most are unclear about how it works.

Moving your firm's and your clients' accounting and other applications into the cloud is becoming more common. But that doesn't necessarily mean that it's become any easier.

Our virtual roundtable of experts looks at the landscape for firm mergers and acquisitions in the coming year

Accountants' salaries will continue their steady growth in 2014, according to financial staffing concern Robert Half International's annual guide to compensation in accounting and finance.

The ACA, uncertain extenders, and other issues preparers are paying attention to in the run-up to tax season

The rejection of Amazon's appeal brings online sales tax that much closer

Evolving tech needs have put data security at the forefront for CPA firms

A roundup of audit and assurance from the previous month

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board approved a 2014 budget of $258.4 million, and a 2013-2017 strategic plan that includes a greater focus on accounting firms' burgeoning consulting practices.

Miller & Bahnson reprise a column on the redefinition of comparability

The Financial Accounting Foundation has appointed investor and asset manager Ann Spruill to its Board of Trustees, effective Jan. 1, 2014.

A student team from the University of Portland was named champions of the American Institute of CPAs’ 2013 Accounting Competition, winning the $10,000 award to be split among them.

Full-service Minnesota financial firm Apple Valley Accounting & Tax has acquired Gilbertson CPA, with office locations in New Prague and Burnsville.

Office relocations, record high revenues and more...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Private Company Council have issued the final version of their Private Company Decision-Making Framework: A Guide for Evaluating Financial Accounting and Reporting for Private Companies to help FASB and the PCC determine whether and when to provide alternative recognition, measurement, disclosure, display, effective date or transition guidance for private companies reporting under U.S. GAAP.

The accounting profession's expectations for economic growth remained positive for the third month in a row, according to the December edition of the Accounting Today’s monthly Accountants Confidence Index.

Accounting Today is in the midst of compiling its annual lists of the Top 100 Firms and Regional Leaders, and is looking for more top-notch accounting firms to consider.