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IRS Extends Tax Deadlines Until May For Helene Victims
Avantax Acquires SEP Financial Services
Sovos Launches Indirect Tax Suite for SAP, Enhances Clean Core Readiness
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.