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Wolters Kluwer Adds Features to TeamMate+ to Enhance Internal Audits and Data Quality
The new capabilities will enable internal audit teams to streamline planning, improve data accuracy, and enhance governance.
June 13, 2021
AICPA Supports Bipartisan Accounting STEM Pursuit Act
The bipartisan Accounting STEM Pursuit Act was introduced earlier today by Representatives Haley Stevens (D-MI) and Victoria Spartz (R-IN). In a letter of support (attached) to Representatives Stevens and Spartz, the AICPA, Center for Audit ...
June 9, 2021
5 Indiana Accounting Students Receive Scholarships
Five aspiring CPAs representing four Indiana universities were selected for this year's Indiana CPA Educational Foundation Scholarship, receiving a total of $8,500 for this program year.
April 22, 2021
AuditDashboard Celebrates 5th SOC 2 Type 2 Compliance Anniversary
With completing its 5th SOC 2 Type 2 attestation, AuditDashboard demonstrates its ongoing and outstanding commitment to security. The leading provider of accounting software solutions also reports that 82% of customers use their industry-leading ...
April 12, 2021
CFOs Expect Permanent Decrease in Office Space and Travel
The survey reveals that many CFOs plan to cut travel and real estate expenses in the coming year and beyond. Of the 250 respondents surveyed in February 2021, 31% plan to minimize real estate and facilities expenses over the next year, while ...
March 2, 2021
Beatrix Bernauer Named Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at Grant Thornton
In the role, she will design and execute the firm’s enterprise-risk management program and practices, including frameworks and methodologies to support effective risk identification, assessment, mitigation and monitoring.
February 17, 2021
CAQ and AICPA Release New ESG Reporting and Attestation Roadmap
The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) and American Institute of Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA) has released a new roadmap to provide audit practitioners with a blueprint to support companies in achieving their environmental, social, and ...
January 29, 2021
Six 2021 ESG Trends for Accounting and Finance Professionals
These trends are based on conversations with Association members, global standard setters and executives at CPA firms and other organizations who lead ESG reporting and accounting efforts.
December 10, 2020
Net Worth of U.S. Billionaires Has Increased by $1 Trillion Since Beginning of Pandemic
The collective wealth of America’s 651 billionaires has jumped by over $1 trillion since roughly the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to a total of $4 trillion at market close on Monday, December 7, 2020. Their wealth growth since March is more than ...
November 24, 2020
Largest Global Association for Accounting and Finance Professionals Sets ESG Roadmap for Education, Resources, Guidance in 2021
Ahead of IIRC and SASB conferences next week, the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (the Association) shared its 2021 plans to deliver education and resources that assist accountants with reporting on and assurance of ...
October 22, 2020
AICPA Forum to Focus on Diversity and Inclusion in Accounting
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) National Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (NCDI) will host a candid conversation around diversity and inclusion as a way for the accounting profession to come together to make progress on this issue.
September 11, 2020
Accounting for a Sustainable World: Why Quality Disclosure is Required
The unprecedented challenges posed by COVID-19 have reminded us that we are an interconnected global community. While this crisis rightly has dominated our attention, we must not lose sight of progress on the broader aims of the ...
August 20, 2020
What to Do with Tech Bought to Let Staff Work from Home?
With many workers now returning to the office, companies and government agencies are going to be forced to deal with a mountain of new equipment purchased for the work-from-home period.