Finance pros adjust to digital reality and COVID

Company controllers have needed to burnish their technology skills during the coronavirus pandemic.

Finance pros adjust to digital reality and COVID


Intuit 13% annual growth driven by strong TurboTax performance

The company brought in $7.7 billion, up from $6.8 billion in FY 2019, the growth mainly fueled by TurboTax Online and TurboTax products.

Intuit 13% annual growth driven by strong TurboTax performance


M&A roundup: Mowery & Schoenfeld and Westberg Eischens expand

Mowery & Schoenfeld is merging in Xamin, a provider of managed IT services, and Westberg Eischens has acquired Robert F. Danielowski’s accounting firm.

M&A roundup: Mowery & Schoenfeld and Westberg Eischens expand


Completing your SOX compliance in a COVID-19 environment

Finance and accounting teams have had to adapt quickly to transition to executing their day-to-day processes in a dispersed fashion.

Completing your SOX compliance in a COVID-19 environment


The accountant’s secret to delivering effective virtual presentations

The surge in remote work has quickly created demand for a new set of skills for accountants.

The accountant’s secret to delivering effective virtual presentations


IRS OKs use of e-signatures for more forms in response to coronavirus

The Internal Revenue Service is temporarily allowing the use of digital e-signatures on some forms that can’t be filed electronically.

IRS OKs use of e-signatures for more forms in response to coronavirus


People and firms on the move: BKD names next CEO

Mauldin & Jenkins adds five partners; KPMG, Crowe and CohnReznick release reports; and more CPA news.

People and firms on the move: BKD names next CEO


Credit Suisse uncovers client fraud at wealth management

Credit Suisse Group AG is dealing with the fallout of a fraud at its international wealth management business, two years after it was criticized by a regulator in a similar case that rattled the bank and raised questions about controls.

Credit Suisse uncovers client fraud at wealth management


Three reasons accountants make great CEOs

As accountants we have access to more information than anybody else at the company, and there is knowledge in that information.

Three reasons accountants make great CEOs


Tax pros’ top grumbles about the IRS coronavirus slowdown

Practitioners share which part of the service’s pandemic-driven drop in service was most inconvenient to them.

Tax pros’ top grumbles about the IRS coronavirus slowdown