If a CPA firm has a partner performance management and compensation plan (and many don’t), rarely is it used as a means of driving strategy and running the firm.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s recently proposed rules on auditing accounting estimates and using the work of specialists indicate the PCAOB wants auditors to view management bias more skeptically.

After every tax season, it’s tempting to do some spring cleaning, which often includes a massive dump of recently filed tax data.

Senate Finance Committee chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is asking for ideas, proposals and feedback on tax reform as efforts in Congress heat up on overhauling the federal tax code.

Ahead of next month’s Group of 20 summit in Germany, the International Federation of Accountants is urging world leaders to take steps to rebuild public trust by improving governance practices through all sectors of the economy.

A unit of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. is the focus of criminal and civil probes by the Justice Department related to how it billed the government for contracting work, the company disclosed in a filing.

AAM awards several practices for marketing excellence; McDermott & Miller changes name; and more news from CPA offices across the country.

Georgia, Maine and New York societies appoint new leaders; Brown Edwards admits two to partnership; and other recent hires, promotions and personnel news from firms across the country.

The driver behind M&A is no longer always growth, according to Charles Hylan of the Growth Partnership.

The accelerator will award up to five companies $20,000 and a showcase spot at next year’s conference.