Accounting Principals offers 2019 salary guide

The guide contains national, regional and local salary data and total cash compensation figures.


Quarterly financial reporting is easier than ever

President Trump’s recent tweet suggesting the SEC rethink the requirement for public companies to report their results quarterly has ignited a debate about this topic.


Robert Half releases 2019 accounting salary guide

The staffing company has published its annual guide for accounting and finance employees.


FASB updates accounting for cloud computing costs

The Financial Accounting Standards Board released an accounting standards update Wednesday aimed at decreasing the complexity of accounting for costs of implementing a cloud computing service arrangement.


IFAC offers possible solutions to resolve dispute over standard-setting

The International Federation of Accountants is outlining some possible ways forward to resolve a disagreement with the Monitoring Group of financial regulators over the standard-setting process for global auditing and accounting education.


Steinhoff ex-CFO blames finance crisis firmly on former boss

The retailer’s former chief financial officer pointed the finger at ex-CEO Markus Jooste and auditors including Deloitte for the company’s accounting scandal.


This tax break for the poor is actually a big win for Goldman Sachs

Thanks to the new TCJA, the bank’s deals could become a lot more lucrative.


ICPAS’ Shapiro: The best reason to change is because you haven’t

Accountants need to be disrupters — or they’ll be disrupted, according to the head of the Illinois CPA Society.


IRS short-circuits SALT deduction charitable workarounds to new tax law, but leaves others open for now

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are following up on their threat to forestall attempts by states to get around the $10,000 limit in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on deductions of state and local taxes by setting up state-run charitable contribution funds.


MSCPA launches accounting 'college academy' for high schoolers

The Massachusetts Society of CPAs is offering students at Haverhill High School up to 12 college credits via the University of Massachusetts—Lowell in an effort to attract more young and diverse talent to the profession.