Accounting
Businesses Can Benefit from Green Practices in 4 Steps
The key, according to Basware, is to help companies minimize their carbon footprint through financial process automation and e-invoicing. These guidelines were developed for the growing number of companies that are concerned about corporate compliance with green initiatives, and at the same time are looking to streamline processes and gain business benefits.
Sageworks Enhances Reporting and Interface for ProfitCents
The financial information and analysis company Sageworks has made several enhancements to its flagship ProfitCents platform, a suite of web-based financial analysis solutions used by thousands of accountants and business consultants.
Sharyn Maggio Named Co-Chair of AICPA Divorce Practice Conference
A partner with the accounting firm Marcum LLP has been selected to co-chair the 2014 AICPA/AAML National Conference on Divorce. Sharyn Maggio, an Advisory Services Partner in the Roseland and Neptune, NJ, offices of Marcum will lead the the biennial conference of the leading organizations for CPAs and divorce law practitioners. The conference will take place in Las Vegas from April 24-25.
Nonprofit Cloud Software Maker Receives $2M in Funding
Nonprofit cloud software provider Aplos Software LLC has raised two million dollars in new funding, the company announced on Wednesday. It plans on using the funding to expand the Aplos nonprofit software suite and to open it to API integration. T
FASB Offers New Guidance for Reporting on Discontinued Operations
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued new guidance that improves U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) by more faithfully representing when a company or other organization discontinues its operations.
GASB Issues Statement on Measurement of Assets and Liabilities
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued Concepts Statement No. 6, Measurement of Elements of Financial Statements, which will guide the GASB in establishing accounting and financial reporting standards for U.S. state and local governments regarding the measurement of assets and liabilities.
Treasury Dept. Reports to Congress on International Currency Manipulation
The U.S. Treasury Department has released its Semi-Annual Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies, which addresses international economic and foreign exchange developments over the course of the second half of 2013, along with relevant data through end-March 2014.
CEO Survey: Minnesota a “Good Place for Business”
Five years since the bottom of the Great Recession, stock prices are at record highs, business sentiment has improved and hiring appears to be accelerating. The annual survey of CEOs by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) indicates that two-thirds of the chief executives polled plan to add employees this year. Meanwhile, the Minnesota economy is growing faster than the national economy and the unemployment rate is lower.