Financial reporting

We're back because a momentary lull allowed us to produce a new column about an old issue.

Books, software, hardware and services for accountants

Both public and private companies saw an increase in the auditing fees they paid to outside firms, according to a recent survey by Financial Executives International.

The Internal Revenue Service has released the final regulations for how it will release tax return information to the Department of Health and Human Services to assess a taxpayer's eligibility for help in buying health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

The beginning of your succession planning needs to start with an honest evaluation and plan to address the business fundamentals associated with the new economy.

Consider a different way of funding future generations

Why serve the individual, when you can serve the whole family?

The Association for Accounting Marketing will be hiring its first chief executive officer, representing the first staff hire for the national trade association.

Geralyn Hurd and Crowe Horwath's drive to differentiate

A roundup of news from the accounting profession in the previous month

The second part of our look at firm networks and associations explores what happens when their member firms merge

Tips and tactics for the new wave of digital tools

Ideas for tax planning as 2013 begins to wind up

A roundup of tax news from the previous month

What companies need to know as the IRS shifts its compliance focus

Seeing signs of movement on changing the Tax Code

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board proposed for public comment a new auditing standard and related amendments to enhance the auditor's reporting model in mid-August.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released the latest version of the U.S. GAAP Taxonomy using the data-tagging technology, XBRL, or Extensible Business Reporting Language, which the Securities and Exchange Commission now requires public companies to use with their financial statement filings.

New website, 1st Bridging the Gap Awards and a little more…

The American Institute of CPAs has released guidelines to help privately held businesses determine which accounting framework, including the Financial Reporting Framework for Small- and Medium-Sized Entities, best meets their financial reporting needs.