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Trump Team Eyes Ex-SEC Commissioner to Succeed Gary Gensler as Chair
Paul Atkins, who is a strong proponent of digital assets and fintech companies, is a leading contender to head the SEC.
November 12, 2017
The Classification of Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency by the IRS
IRS guidance is silent on which section of the tax code cryptocurrency falls into. For instance, IRC §1031 allows for the like-kind exchange of certain property. §1031 exchanges typically are done with real estate or business assets. However, with the ...
November 10, 2017
1,700 Accounting and Tax Pros Converge for Thomson Reuters SYNERGY Conference
The accounting profession has returned to steady growth, and is seeing an increase in the number of college graduates planning careers in public accounting. This comes at a time when the explosive pace of new technology is creating risk and opportunity...
November 1, 2017
Michelle Golden Launches Fore LLC to Teach CPA Firms Advanced-Pricing Methods
Applying Golden’s original techniques for up-front pricing, Fore LLC provides education and implementation consulting to CPA firms committed to converting from a time-based billing model to pricing their work in advance.
November 1, 2017
Here’s Why Accountants (Yes, YOU!) Should Be Driving AI Innovation
From blockchain to smart automation to artificial intelligence, accountants today can work smarter than ever. How does that work? Today, we can all benefit from these tools to save time on tedious administrative work and focus more on up-leveling our ...
October 31, 2017
New Cryptocurrency Accounting and Audit Platform Launched
Verady has been working closely with Aprio over the past several years to assist with auditing one of the world's largest cryptocurrency payment processing companies. Today, Verady officially launched the platform that made all of this possible, VeraNet.
October 31, 2017
The Top 10 Nastiest Ransomware Attacks of 2017
According to the company's threat research team, NotPetya was the most destructive ransomware of 2017, followed closely by WannaCry and Locky. The data surveyed includes all devices running windows operating systems that were infected with ransomware ...
October 24, 2017
Eric Hansen Elected Next Chair of AICPA
Eric Hansen, chief operating officer of BKD CPAs & Advisors, will be the next chair of the American Institute of CPAs, the world’s largest member organization representing the CPA profession.
October 23, 2017
AICPA Collaborates on Blockchain
As part of this collaboration, the AICPA will administer the WSBA’s working group on tax and accounting, a focal point for advocacy and education on blockchain adoption within the profession. Other existing WSBA working groups include research and ...
October 12, 2017
KPMG’s Professors-In-Residence to Research Audit Innovation Opportunities and Implications for the Future
Two accounting professors are working with U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP as the first-ever KPMG James Marwick professors-in-residence, a new program focused on evolving innovation opportunities and understanding challenges in the audit ...
September 23, 2017
CFOs Less Optimistic on Economy
After two strong quarters to start 2017, CFOs’ assessments of the current status of the North American economy remain high in the third quarter, with 64 percent saying current conditions are good compared with 65 percent last quarter.
September 21, 2017
September 2017 Accounting & Audit Channel
The relentless advance of technology. You are aware of it. Whether you are boomer, a millennial, or even Gen Z (some call them the “iGeneration”). We can’t deny it. We live in a time of technological marvels. And the velocity of development related to ...
September 19, 2017
CPA Tomorrowland
This is a tantalizing brave new world for younger accountants who like the idea of turning their penchant for number-crunching into a sexier profession, but what about those who are, ahem, reaching their golden age? It kind of sounds like rather than ...