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Zone & Co Launches ZoneBilling AI Assistant
IRS Extends Tax Deadlines Until May For Helene Victims
Avantax Acquires SEP Financial Services
Sovos Launches Indirect Tax Suite for SAP, Enhances Clean Core Readiness
Abacus Private Cloud Reaches New Heights with SOC 2 Type 2 Certification
Given the current cybersecurity threat landscape and increasingly strict compliance standards, it has become common for organization of all sizes to require strict assurance certifications when contracting with third-party professionals, and those ...
Venture Capital Investment in U.S. Hits Record $41.8 Billion in Q4 2018
The top 10 U.S. deals in the quarter accounted for more than $18 billion, including the mammoth $12.8 billion private investment in electronic smoking device maker Juul and a $1.25 billion raise by entertainment software Epic Games.
Grant Thornton Sees Record Revenues of $5.45 Billion
Particularly strong growth from tax (14.8%) and advisory (10.4%) service lines across the network.
Does Business Tax Strategy Affect Investor Confidence?
A study in the current issue of the journal may very well reinforce that inhibition. The research finds that the complicated ploys that often characterize aggressive tax-planning sow uncertainty and even confusion not just about companies’ taxes ...
AICPA Exec Anthony Pugliese to Take Helm of CalCPA
CEO Loretta Doon, CPA, will be retiring in June 2019. After an extensive nationwide search, the CalCPA board of directors and the foundation board of trustees have named Anthony Pugliese, CPA, CGMA, CITP, as the new incoming CEO of both organizations.
CAQ Framework Aims to Assist Accounting Firms Enhance Disclosures About Audit Quality
Enhanced disclosures, along with related metrics, can promote important dialogue and deepen the understanding of audit quality, according to a new resource published by the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ). The Audit Quality Disclosure Framework assists ...
Investors Still Want Sarbanes-Oxley
Since its enactment in 2002 in response to notorious financial scandals at Enron, WorldCom, and other corporate behemoths, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or SOX, has been a continuing target of criticism. And probably no provision of the law has provoked ...
BKD Partner Appointed to Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council
According to FASB, the board establishes financial accounting and reporting standards for public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations. Public financial reporting by U.S. corporations must conform to the principles established ...