Financial reporting

BDO USA LLP has merged Argy, Wiltse & Robinson, P.C. into the firm. The combination will go into effect on Nov. 1.

Nonprofit and faith-based cloud accounting product maker Aplos Software has released Aplos Oversight, a new administrative oversight product that enables an authorized user to establish and oversee the accounting for multiple nonprofits.

Accounting standards may play a significant role in shaping cross-border mergers and acquisitions, according to a recently released academic study.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Financial Reporting Executive Committee, or FinREC, sent a letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board raising issues with a proposed Accounting Standards Update, Financial Instruments (Topic 825), Disclosures about Liquidity Risk and Interest Rate Risk.

William Vohsing was tapped to serve as state and local tax director at Top 100 Firm Schneider Downs & Co., Inc.

Sir David Tweedie led the International Accounting Standards Board for a decade until the end of his second term in June of last year, and now he is getting set to make a similar impact on the valuation profession.

Hill, Barth & King’s affiliate merges with Strategic Valuation Group of Warren, Ohio.

A new nonprofit organization plans to establish industry-specific accounting standards for corporate sustainability reporting.

Grant Thornton, Rödl Warren Averett and SS&G Healthcare Services LLC are all making moves in the accounting profession

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Teal, Becker & Chiaramonte PC added partner Christine Oliver as its newest shareholder.

The submission period for our Accountant of the Month contest for this month ends on October 17 -- which means you still have time to enter!

The District of Columbia is now permitting out-of-state CPAs to practice in Washington, D.C., without obtaining a separate license.

Top 100 Firm Ehrhardt Keef Steiner & Hottman PC promoted five of its staff members to partner throughout the firm.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants have released a study naming 100 factors that will create uncertainty for accountants in the future.

The Institute of Internal Auditors has announced that a set of revisions will be made to internal auditing standards, taking effect at the beginning of next year.

Top 100 Firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram LLC added Byrd, Proctor & Mills to its Nashville team.

The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation announced that Robert H. Attmore, chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, will retire in June 2013.

Christine Freeland, founder of Christine Z. Freeland,was chosen as the 2012 Accountant of the Year Award from the National Society of Accountants.

Big Four firm Ernst & Young reported that its combined global revenues for fiscal 2012 rose 6.7 percent in U.S. dollars, to $24.4 billion, from $22.9 billion in 2011. Revenues grew even faster in local currencies, at 7.6 percent.