FASB offers help with credit loss standard

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released staff guidance on how to estimate credit loss reserves.


The annual organizer is dead – long live the engagement kit

The “organizer” is no longer something that most clients will actually fill out and stuff, staple and paperclip.


TPS Software releases cloud-based practice management software

A first for the company, the new software will be available in four service tiers.


7 biggest mistakes among accounting firm startups

Improve the odds of successfully starting up a new accounting practice from scratch and avoid the school of hard knocks.


Baker Tilly merges in Umbaugh and Springsted

The Top 100 Firm is adding a pair of municipal advisory businesses in a three-way merger.


Former FASB member Marc Siegel joins SASB

A longtime stalwart of the Financial Accounting Standards Board is now on the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board.


GOP lawmaker Grassley wants briefing on obtaining Trump’s taxes

The Senate Finance Committee chairman is examining his authority to obtain the president’s returns, a move to ensure he could see any forms his Democratic counterpart in the House potentially receives.


AICPA and NCCPAP ask IRS to suspend tax penalties

The organizations are worried about underpayment and underwithholding penalties stemming from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.


BDO acquires Global Trade Strategies and Lootok

The Top 100 Firm is adding a practice that specializes in customs and international trade regulation, and one that handles crisis management and business continuity.


Dixon Hughes Goodman acquires JC Griffin

DHG is adding a Fort Worth, Texas-based consulting firm that specializes in data analytics for health care businesses.