Plante Moran acquires Planning Perspectives

The Top 100 Firm is adding a research firm that studies relations between automobile makers and their suppliers.


BPM merges in Croce

The Top 100 Firm has expanded in the Central Valley of California.


Private sector added 271,000 jobs in December: ADP

The economy continued to show strength thanks to tax cuts, despite the stock market, trade wars and the partial government shutdown.


China’s rich brace for tax raid on $24 trillion wealth pile

The nation’s super-rich are running for cover on concern the government will make up the shortfall by going after the wealthy.


Lessons from million-dollar accounting partners

There’s a reason why 20 percent of surfers catch 80 percent of the waves.


Wyden asks IRS to overlook penalties for unexpected tax bills

The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee wants the service to waive the penalties that he expects to hit millions of workers and families.


AICPA finalizes omnibus statement on auditing standards

The American Institute of CPAs’ Auditing Standards Board voted to issue a final version of its Statement on Auditing Standards, Omnibus Statement on Auditing Standards—2019, to align its guidance more closely with that of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.


GASB proposes implementation guide for fiduciary activities standard

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has posted a proposed implementation guide with a set of questions and answers about GASB’s new standards on accounting and financial reporting for fiduciary activities.


IMA plans to update CMA exam with more of a tech focus

The Institute of Management Accountants is making changes to its Certified Management Accountant exam.


Paychex finds small-business job growth slowed in December, but wages increased

Hourly earnings grew at a moderate pace last month, but employment leveled off.