Financial reporting

Cindy McLoughlin jumped from BDO to serve as partner in J.H. Cohn's Long Island office

HOUSTON

A trip to the Great White North sparks some interesting questions about accountants' duties.

An independent study of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board commissioned by its parent organization finds opinions divided on what GASB’s responsibilities should include as a standard-setter for state and local government accounting.

Elizabeth Miller will lead Moore Colson's Corporate Accounting Practice

Analysts found that Comcast might need to revise its scoring system after Steve Burke, CEO of its NBCUniversal unit, announced Wednesday that the company would “about breakeven” with their 2012 London Olympics Game coverage.

CBIZ reported a 1.57 percent decline in small business employment in the month of July

Mark Cohen returns as director in the firm’s Financial Advisory Services division

Recent network memberships, awards, new Web sites and more from accounting firms across the country

Recent promotions, new hires and more

Jeremy Migliara joins the firm’s State and Local Tax Group

The Spirit of Accounting

Top stories from the past month in audit and assurance.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has strengthened corporate governance and improved audit quality in the past decade, according to a new report by Ernst & Young, "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act at 10," which marks the 10-year anniversary of the landmark legislation.

While significant progress has been made in both technology and processes to establish best practices in audit management, a common pitfall remains for many organizations: disparate silos of information and business processes. These different workflows contribute to a new type of business risk -- the audit performance gap.

We officially crowned a Ms. July -- and are on the hunt for a Mr. or Ms. August, September, October and beyond, in our Accountant of the Month contest.

Firms have to choose a path in fighting commodization

Mobile trends drive opportunities and responsibilities for CPAs

Accounting firms with a burgeoning stable of small-business clients understand their need for attention -- to be both seen and heard.

In the engagement proposal process, the way a firm allocates time could be the difference between winning new business -- or losing out.