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The Advisory Board Names Tim Christen Winner of Hall of Fame Award
Timothy Christen is Chairman and CEO of Baker Tilly Virchow Krouse, LLP (Baker Tilly). With more than 2,500 employees, Baker Tilly is the 13th largest accounting firm in the nation. In addition to serving Baker Tilly, Tim currently serves as the ...
Major Changes Coming to CPA Exam
The next version of the exam is based on a practice analysis, an extensive research project overseen by the AICPA’s Board of Examiners, which included input from key stakeholders across the accounting profession.
How Employee Dishonesty Bonds Can Save A Small Business
Also known as commercial crime bonds, it can be difficult to grasp their importance for the smooth operation of business. They are a type of fidelity surety bond that protects your business from dishonesty, fraud, theft, forgery and embezzlement that ...
CFOs Becoming More Strategic
As further evidence that the role of CFO is becoming less tactical and more strategic, the survey found that only 8% of CFOs, or teams reporting directly to the CFO, are spending the bulk of their time closing the books each month. By contrast, the ...
New Guidance Looks At Financial Management and Controllership
Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Financial Management and Controllership combines expert analysis and practical, day-to-day guidance for financial managers and controllers, incorporating sample statements, budgets, disclosures, customizable checklists, ...
Millennials, Boomers and Xers Are Confident in 2016 for Small Business
Millennials are the most positive about the business economy, with 62% reporting they’re more confident in the financial health of their business than last year. Gen Xers and Baby Boomers agree, 59% respectively report that they are more confident ...
Add Stock vs. Asset Sale as a Parameter to Business Valuation Engagements
Most, if not all American professional business appraisal standards are silent on the matter of the structure of the sale – an asset sale or stock sale. There are numerous reasons for the omission of the explicit consideration of transaction ...
CFOs Lower Expectations for Revenue, Earnings, Spending and Hiring
Global economic performance and equity market valuations are off to a rocky start in 2016, according to Deloitte’s first quarter CFO Signals survey. CFOs’ expectations for revenue, earnings, capital spending and domestic hiring — tracked for 24 consecutive quarters by this survey — all declined, and are now at or near survey lows. Revenue growth […]