Accounting
Real Estate Professionals Optimistic on Home Sales Growth
Home sales increased in December, and housing professionals say the market is moving in the right direction. Residential building permits also rose for the year just ended.
Financial Accounting Foundation Names CPA As Chair of Advisory Council
The Financial Accounting Foundation has announced that Steven E. Buller, CPA, managing director and former chief financial officer of BlackRock, Inc., has been appointed chairman of the group's Advisory Council (FASAC). His term begins on February 1, 2014, and concludes on December 31, 2015.
Kansas City Sees Job Gains in 2013
The number of Kansas City area payroll jobs slipped slightly in December from November, but 2013 ended with about 7,000 more jobs in the metro area than in December 2012.
CEOs More Confident in 2014 Business & Economic Growth
The Conference Board and PwC Measure of CEO Confidence , which had pulled back in the third quarter, increased in the fourth quarter of 2013. The Measure now stands at 60, up from 54 in the previous quarter (a reading of more than 50 points reflects more positive than negative responses).
IASB Issues Interim Standard on Rate-Regulated Activities
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) today issued an interim Standard, IFRS 14 Regulatory Deferral Accounts. The aim of this interim Standard is to enhance the comparability of financial reporting by entities that are engaged in rate-regulated activities.
2014 Rankings of Undergraduate Accounting Programs
The Accounting Degree Review has published a meta-ranking of the top 30 undergraduate accounting schools of 2014. Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management earned the top spot in the ranking.
The Disadvantages of Budgeting
A budget is based on a set of assumptions that are generally not too far distant from the operating conditions under which it was formulated.
Xero Partners with Manilla and Squarespace
Cloud accounting application Xero announced new partnerships today with personal bill tracking application Manilla and web hosting company Squarespace. The company’s announcement comes close after the December launch of Xero Payroll, the announcement of the product’s support for file attachments, and integrations with non-traditional lending sources like Kabbage and FundBox.