Rainmaking can be fun if you follow a process designed to improve your batting average.

The New York State Society of CPAs has elected Jan Herringer, a partner at BDO USA LLP, as president, effective June 1.

Rising profits and increased disruption increased the use of consultants in Canada’s financial services sector, with much of the revenue going to the Big Four accounting firms, according to a new report.

Organizations are emphasizing hiring of technology employees in accounting and finance.

The Supreme Court’s sales tax decision creates complications for states and businesses alike, experts say.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is urging the Internal Revenue Service to back down on threats to challenge New York State’s efforts to allow taxpayers to circumvent the limits on state and local tax deductions in the federal tax overhaul.

The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, has reversed the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and held that employee stock options are not taxable compensation under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act because they are not “money remuneration.”

The IRS’s new 1040 tax form doesn’t exactly fit on a standard postcard as Republicans promised, but it’s smaller and simpler than before — and it may push more filers to use software rather than in-person tax preparers.

National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson released her mid-year report to Congress Wednesday, spotlighting her top areas of concern, particularly how the new tax overhaul will be implemented.

Art Kuesel on how proper allocation can help a business grow early and often.