Walmart sues its former head of tax for jumping to Amazon

Walmart Inc. sued its former chief tax officer for violating her employment contract by defecting to online rival Amazon Inc. to become one of its senior tax executives.


Expats object to U.S. taxes

A growing proportion of U.S.-born expatriates do not feel they should be required to file taxes while they live abroad and about one-fifth of them are considering renouncing their U.S. citizenship, according to a new survey.


What they’d do differently: MPs share leadership lessons

Focusing immediately on culture, strategy and building a ‘one firm’ model top the list.


Companies still lagging on rev rec and leasing standards

Businesses are still dragging their heels on implementing major new accounting rules, even though the effective date of adoption is already here for many companies, and approaching soon for the rest.


In the blogs: Matters of reality

AMT question; voluntary use-tax; summer and taxes; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.


2018 Wealth Magnets: The Top 150 CPA Firms by AUM

Accounting Today’s annual ranking of the leading CPA financial planners by assets under management.


From number cruncher to personal CFO

Sadly, too many financial professionals assume it’s the client’s responsibility—not theirs—to be the orchestra leader who coordinates all the moving parts of their financial life.


AICPA names 2017 Elijah Watt Sells Award winners

The Institute announced that 58 of the 95,000-plus students who sat for the 2017 CPA Exam had top scores.


Accountants to Watch: Jeremias Ramos

The head of The Daily CPA discusses his accounting publication “by millennials, for millennials.”


Tax reform boosts consulting revenue for accounting firms

The consulting practices of U.S.-based accounting firms—especially the Big Four—saw strong growth in revenue last year, in part due to last December’s tax reform overhaul, according to a new report.