AICPA extends due date for comments on employee benefit plan audit standard

The American Institute of CPAs has extended the comment period for its proposed standard for ERISA plan audits for another 150 days.


Measuring the right marketing metrics

Calculating ROI on a firm’s efforts starts with picking the appropriate statistics.


PCAOB sees continuing problems with broker-dealer audits

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a report Friday calling attention to high deficiencies among auditors of brokers and dealers.


KPMG, EY and PwC leaders speak out on Charlottesville

KPMG chairman and CEO Lynn Doughtie, Ernst & Young chairman and CEO Mark Weinberger, and PricewaterhouseCoopers U.S. chairman and senior partner Tim Ryan are weighing in on the protests in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend, denouncing the bigotry and hatred on display.


Trump ends business councils as CEOs turn against president

Donald Trump said he’s disbanding two advisory groups of American business leaders, after CEOs quit this week as the president faced blowback for failing to sufficiently condemn white supremacists.


Practice Engine Software now offers fee financing with QuickFee

Clients can obtain a loan from the payment portal company, while the firm gets paid in full.


Vantiv buys Worldpay for $10.4B

Together, the companies form a payments powerhouse valued at $29B.


IRS overlooks federal contractors with delinquent taxes

The Internal Revenue Service could have collected over $1 million from federal contractors who owe back taxes if it included them in a special levy program, according to a new report.


Trump’s Charlottesville uproar overshadows GOP tax roadshow

Top Republican tax writers went to a national shrine for tax cutters—former President Ronald Reagan’s California ranch—hoping to make a sales pitch for a historic overhaul of the U.S. tax code.


How tomorrow's managing partners will change the industry

Maureen Schwartz of BKR International suggests five ways young professionals will impact future leadership.