Google gets boost in fight over $1.3B French tax bill

Google should be let off the hook from a 1.12 billion-euro ($1.3 billion) tax recovery order in France even though fiscal authorities in the country are seeking to recoup that amount, according to an adviser at the Paris administrative court.


Spotify losses widen after music site flags accounting errors

As Spotify prepares for an initial public offering, the music-streaming site has flagged a number of errors in its previous results, revealing a significant increase in losses.


Melancon: ‘We need to evolve as a profession’

In a keynote with institute chair Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, the AICPA prez says accounting will be unrecognizable in five years.


Creating a better succession plan

Jennifer Lee Wilson breaks down the do’s and don’ts of transitioning to tomorrow’s leaders


AICPA tells Senate corporate tax cuts should also go to small businesses

An official from the American Institute of CPAs testified Wednesday before the Senate’s Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee in favoring of lowering taxes for small businesses as much as corporations.


Xero introduces check printing and design for the U.S. and Canada

The new tool features multiple print layouts and MICR encoding capabilities.


Create time and capacity for advisory services

Every time Tom Hood, who is executive director and CEO of the Maryland Association of CPAs, gives a speech (and he gives a lot of speeches), he asks his audiences of accountants about the top challenges they face.


Study stresses importance of presenting understandable accounting disclosures

Academic research finds that readable financial disclosures help not only investors, but companies as well.


KPMG settles with Labor Department over hiring discrimination

KPMG entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination against 60 Asian candidates applying for associate auditor jobs in the firm’s Short Hills, N.J., office.


Senate GOP writing Obamacare repeal behind closed doors

Senate Republican leaders drafting a measure to revamp U.S. health-care policy appear to be following the same path as their House counterparts—writing a bill behind closed doors before springing it on other lawmakers and the public close to a vote.