Now’s the time for accounting firms to plan for the 2018 busy season and beyond

Time to exhale, sit back and think ahead to what you want 2018 to look like at your accounting firm.


Deborah Walker receives 2017 Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award

Walker, of Top 100 Firm Cherry Bekaert, was honored with the AICPA’s highest accounting recognition in taxation.


M&A Roundup: La Verdure, Henvey and Atlas combine; Lewis & Knopf merges in Fausey; SN acquires Artisan

Firms are joining forces in Texas, Michigan and Pennsylvania.


Right Networks introduces three new cloud platform offerings

The Application Cloud, Business Cloud and QuickBooks Desktop Cloud allow accountants to access their software from anywhere.


Mnuchin doesn’t rule out delaying tax cut for corporations

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin isn’t ruling out delaying the start of a corporate tax rate cut, but emphasized the administration’s “strong preference” is for the relief to start in 2018.


Adaptive Insights expands financial and operational planning platform

The update brings improvements to business user engagement, and modeling to aid company-wide decision making.


Carried interest tax proposal could hit a quarter of buyouts

House Republicans’ chief tax writer has investment managers in his crosshairs.


Tax group corrects its growth estimate for House bill downward

The right-leaning Tax Foundation lowered its estimate for the boost to economic growth that it says would result from the House Republican tax bill.


CAQ calls for 2018 audit research proposals

The 10th annual request from the Center for Audit Quality seeks submissions by March 15, 2018.


Not another day in paradise as EU vows tax-haven sanctions

The days in paradise may be numbered for those seeking refuge from heavy tax burdens in remote islands. Finance ministers representing the world’s largest market vowed to take action following the leak of records exposing prominent members of the global business A-list.