Audited Statements Can Mean Lower Financing Costs
BLOG: A University of Chicago professor's study looked at audited companies, and found they get a break.read more
View ArticleThe SEC Push to XBRL
BLOG: This is the year for "eXtensible," so be prepared for the learning curve. read more
View ArticleWhy Deal Makers Outperform the Market
Skills learned in due diligence, internal partnering, and integration pay dividends in overall corporate success, an on-target Towers Watson report says. read more
View ArticleGet This: Accounting Firms Are Backing More Regulation
BLOG: BDO, Grant Thornton, Mazars and RSM tell the EC of "an urgent need" for reforms in improving the audit market there.read more
View ArticleBudget Help From a 'CPA Caucus'?
Bipartisan group, "dedicated to discussing and formulating innovative policy approaches," will focus on issues affecting CPAs. Bring it on.read more
View ArticleA Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base for Europe?
BLOG: It might be nice to operate in the EU without having to deal with 27 separate systems.read more
View ArticleThe Tax Policy Issues of Greatest Concern in 2011
BLOG: No surprise that No. 1 is U.S. taxation of international ops. But execs don't stop there.read more
View ArticleA Kinder, Gentler IRS?
BLOG: With offshore voluntary disclosure, and tempered lien process, it at least seems there's less to fear.read more
View ArticleWhat's Mysterious about Target-Date Funds: Too Much
Report by the GAO says one of the challenges of what's informally called a life-cycle fund -- featured in a third of 401(k)s -- is to explain them and manage them better for employees.read more
View Article401(k) Compliance Checks: The IRS Follows Up
BLOG: The taxman needs to determine how its tools are working, and it's coming to companies to find out.read more
View ArticleAICPA, CIMA Mull Joint Management Accounting Credential
BLOG: U.S.-UK combination aims for self-directed program. But why do CPAs get so much more attention than those in management accounting jobs, anyway?read more
View ArticleThe ADA Soon Will Cover More Disabled
BLOG: Among companies -- for whom the revision represents a compromise -- amended, and expanded, standards will have to be learned.read more
View ArticleTougher Standards to Make Better Accountants
Proposed changes in the works -- including more consideration of their careers -- will improve the evaluations of their competence.read more
View ArticleSalaries Get Stuck
BLOG: The Robert Walters annual finance pay survey, though, does record that legal and compliance-related jobs are an exception.read more
View ArticleTaxing Concern: Unemployment Hikes Likely
BLOG: Most states are predicting jumps in insurance rates to help them boost revenue. It's only 1% of wages now -- but the increases will average 16.5%read more
View ArticleTime for a Robin Hood Tax?
BLOG: Forget Sherwood Forest; here it's the government taking from rich financial deals to let the sector "give something back to society."read more
View ArticleStill Sore over 1099 Flap? Here's Next Gripe
The provision to withhold 3% from federal payments to contractors has been delayed a year, but companies are still irked by it.read more
View ArticleIs Mandatory Auditor Rotation Coming?
BLOG: The topic's not new. But in today's world, the PCAOB is moving from talk to action.read more
View ArticleImproving the Auditing of Employee Benefit Plans
BLOG: Some recommendations emerge for doing this a lot better.read more
View ArticleThe Verdict in Wal-Mart v. Dukes? Ask the Lawyers
BLOG: Class-actions will be constrained, sure. But legal commentary shows it also creates guidelines for future plaintiffs.read more
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