Proposed international standard focuses on learning outcomes for accountants

The International Accounting Education Standards Board has proposed a revision to its continuing professional development standards that could potentially move accountants away from gaining CPE credit in terms of a set number of hours.


10 winning IC-DISC tax strategies

U.S. exporters have been claiming the DISC or IC-DISC tax break for more than 45 years. Despite these facts, some enterprises fail to take advantage of the federal government’s tax giveaways for Interest Charge Domestic International Sales Corporations. Here are 10 winning IC-DISC strategies an exporter can use.


Red Wing Software updates accounting and payroll software

Users can now import data from outside sources, and employees can request time off through the Time Clock app.


SEC names new co-directors of enforcement

Stephanie Avakian and Steven Peikin will helm the agency’s largest unit together.


People on the move: FreedMaxick names new managing director

Koziol to take the helm of the T100 Firm in July; DHG admits 11 partners; and other personnel news.


Tax Fraud Blotter: Wrapping ITS up

Cigars and nose jobs; ‘training’ to manipulate numbers; and other highlights of recent tax cases.


The ongoing succession crisis

Financial planners need to start planning for their own ultimate futures, according to U.S. Wealth Management’s John Napolitano.


House Republicans pass bill that rips up post-crisis financial rules

House Republicans made headway on President Donald Trump’s pledge to dismantle post-crisis financial rules by approving a sweeping bill Thursday that rips up major aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act.


BT replaces PwC with KPMG as auditor after accounting scandal

British Telecom has picked KPMG as its new auditing firm, ending a 33-year relationship with PricewaterhouseCoopers, in the wake of an accounting scandal in its Italian unit.


I can't live without my accountant

Art Kuesel on how communication and trust will make a professional indispensable to a client.