CW Associates establishes endowment at Shidler College of Business

The Honolulu-based accounting firm has upgraded its annual scholarship to a $50K endowment at the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.


In the blogs: A multitude of reasons

Making reform permanent; the high cost of raising royalty; messy IRS math; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.


IRS to probe Free File program

The Internal Revenue Service is launching an investigation of the Free File program amid complaints that tax software companies are making it difficult for qualified taxpayers to access free tax prep software, as Los Angeles and New York State also take action.


Avalara names head of Latin America, announces 17 new integrations

Tax automation software provider Avalara has named a new managing director of its Latin America operations.


The ant on the elephant

Too much of the way accountants run their practices is driven by subconscious habit.


Armanino adds Bolar Hirsch & Jennings

The Top 100 Firm is expanding to Orange County, California, by merging in a firm in Irvine, effective June 1.


The Wolters Kluwer CCH outage: What happened?

On Monday May 6, accountants across the country started realizing their CCH products, which are based in the Cloud, were down.


BKD expands to Utah by merging in Stayner Bates

The Top 100 Firm is adding a firm in Salt Lake City, effective June 1, 2019.


Tax execs waiting on TCJA guidance

And while they’re paying less, they’re reserving judgement on the final impact of the act.


CAQ offers CECL help for audit committees

The Center for Audit Quality has introduced a new guide to assist audit committees at overseeing their companies efforts to comply with the new credit losses accounting standard.