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Governmental Accounting Standards Board chairman David Vaudt and Financial Accounting Standards Board chairman Russell Golden discuss how they are working together on initiatives such as leasing and pension standards, communicating about accounting standards in a more understandable way, and reaching out to key stakeholders for input, in a joint interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood.
August 6
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Governmental Accounting Standards Board chairman David Vaudt talks about his plans as GASB's new leader and the board's agenda for pension standards, post-employment benefits in the retiree health care area, and the need to provide useful information for elected officials and government policymakers, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood.
August 5
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Xero signed an integration deal with ConnectWise, a developer of service management software designed exclusively for IT service providers, VARs, ISVs and MSPs, in order to synchronize accounting data between ConnectWise and Xero.
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The American Institute of CPAs intends to stop testing for older auditing standards on its Uniform CPA Examination next year.
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Deloitte leads Big Four, but smaller firms are the big winners
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Lately, one word keeps emerging in the stories I write, the conversations I have, and the events I attend: collaboration.
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Social media is all about powerful communication tools
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Research shows what drove accounting firms to start offering financial planning services
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New kinds of technology and new standards are changing the face of this core service
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How five firms are changing the internship model for the mid-tier
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Accountants are very careful with other people's secrets, but willing to share their own at the drop of a hat.
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No one can deny that over the last several years, there have been more mergers and acquisitions in the accounting profession than ever before. The real questions, however, are whether these transactions are really delivering the promised marketing and competitive results.
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Tax identity theft has grown exponentially over the past several years. Identity theft has topped the Internal Revenue Service's "Dirty Dozen" annual list of tax scams for both 2012 and 2013, and also appeared on the list in 2011. According to the National Taxpayer Advocate Service, identity theft grew by more than 650 percent between fiscal years 2008 and 2012.
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A roundup of accounting firm mergers and acquisitions from the previous month
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It is time that all governments started keeping their books using the same accounting system that for-profit businesses use.
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