Accounting
How Online Scammers Target Their Fraud Victims
Scams and con artists are everywhere and they'll do just about anything to gain access to your personal information and steal your hard-earned money. One of your best defenses against fraud is learning to recognize scammers' more common tactics and ...
A Window into the Cloud: Intuit Launches New QuickBooks Online Windows App
The QuickBooks Online Windows app combines the benefits of the web-based QuickBooks Online platform with the advantages offered in the desktop version to offer users features such as real-time collaboration, keyboard shortcuts, top menu bar and ...
On the Books – October 2015
On the Books is a monthly roundup of news briefs and events that have an impact on accounting firms.
AICPA Awards 15 Scholarships to Students Transferring from Community Colleges to 4-Year Schools
The AICPA has announced this year's recipients of its AICPA Foundation Two Year Transfer Scholarship award. Part of the AICPA’s Legacy Scholars program, the award is bestowed upon students attending two-year colleges with a declared intent to major in ...
New York CPA Society Proposes Limits to Nano-Learning CPE Credits
CPAs have an expanding universe of CPE options and the Society, like other providers, is seeking the best new ideas on how to deliver those,” said Joanne S. Barry, executive director of the NYSSCPA which offers more than 80 online and in-person CPE ...
Intuit Helps Accountants Grow with QuickBooks 2016
The 2016 version of QuickBooks Desktop strives to help accounting professionals achieve three main goals: be more efficient; gain better insights; and let their expertise shine.
New Content Helps Accounting Pros with Changes to Financial Reporting Requirements
The FASB has a project underway to improve accounting rules for financial instruments and is expected to issue a final standard in late 2015 to make targeted improvements to existing Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Financial Audit Fees Rose 3.4 Percent In Last Year
Fees paid by public and private companies to outside financial auditing firms increased from 3 to 3.4 percent over the last year, according to a report from the Financial Executives Research Foundation.