Tax debate update: Latest studies may confound Trump's message

The Senate tax-writing committee plans to start hammering out the details of its tax cut proposal on Monday. The House may vote on its bill as soon as Thursday. Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day.


Accountants need to plan their technology transformation

Thomson Reuters’ Jon Baron warns that roughly a third of accounting practices are likely to disappear.


Non-traditional mergers in accounting

CPA firms aren’t just merging with other CPA firms any more – they’re scouting out practices in HR, IT, engineering, financial planning and many other areas, according to Transition Advisors’ Bill Carlino.


Tax debate update: House, Senate set to clash over state break

The Senate tax-writing committee plans to start hammering out the details of its tax cut proposal on Monday. The House may vote on its bill as soon as Thursday. Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day.


Intuit updates Lacerte, ProSeries and ProConnect Tax Online

The company has responded to some popular user requests.


Senate matches House’s 1.4% tax proposal for college endowments

The Senate version of the Republican tax bill would tax wealthy private college endowments at 1.4 percent of net investment income, the same levy as the House proposal introduced last week.


Senate tax plan would cost $516B after growth, study says

The Senate Republican tax proposal unveiled Thursday would cost $516 billion over a decade after assuming macroeconomic benefits as a result of the tax cuts, according to a new analysis Friday by the Tax Foundation, a right-of-center Washington think tank.


PCAOB sees audit problems recurring at firms

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is finding many of the same problems at auditing firms during its most recent inspections that it has admonished firms for in the past, according to a new report.


Carr, Riggs & Ingram expands west by merging in RPC

Carr, Riggs & Ingram, a Top 100 Firm that has mostly operated in the Southeast, is expanding to New Mexico and Texas by merging in RPC CPAs + Consultants, LLP, New Mexico’s largest CPA firm.


EY to hire over 14,000 candidates in 2018

The Big Four firm will also focus on attracting more future-forward skills, such as in blockchain and cybersecurity.