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2025 Business Strategy: Focus on the Right Priorities

October 04, 2024

Our sixth annual Priorities for Business Leaders survey, conducted in partnership with Bredin from July 3 to 19, 2024, highlights the strategic priorities reported by companies with 5-499 employees. The survey reveals that 85% of business leaders expect higher revenue over the next 12 months (up from 76% last year), and 50% plan to increase full-time employee headcount to support their growth objectives.

  • business and industry
  • practice management

IRS provides Helene relief; AICPA seeks BOI, FBAR filing extensions

October 03, 2024

The IRS announced relief for taxpayers in all or part of seven states that Hurricane Helene damaged (IR-2024-253). The AICPA, which requested IRS relief in a comment letter, on Thursday also requested filing extensions from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) related to the filing of beneficial ownership information (BOI) and reports of foreign bank and financial accounts (FBAR) for major disaster victims.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • advocacy - federal
  • federal tax
  • boi

Just 46% of employees rate their mental health at work as “very good” or better

October 02, 2024

Managers and workers have differing views of mental health in the workplace.

  • business and industry
  • career resources
  • practice management

CFO succession planning: Tips for exiting your company the right way

October 01, 2024

Three C-suite executives offer advice on how to seamlessly transition chief financial officer duties to a successor.

  • business and industry
  • emergency assistance and practice continuation

Key skills for CPAs in business and industry

October 01, 2024

Leaders from corporate finance and the profession share their advice for upskilling and reskilling for the next era of management accounting.

  • business and industry

Independent Office of Appeals Secure Messaging Program Office launches ‘Corporate Group Mailbox’ pilot for large business taxpayers with multiple representatives

September 30, 2024

The Internal Revenue Service’s Independent Office of Appeals (Appeals) today launched a pilot program as part of the IRS’ ongoing transformation efforts to expand online tools and improve user experiences.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • federal tax

How firms count on happiness to shape culture

September 23, 2024

To celebrate International Week of Happiness at Work, AccountingWEB spoke to firms to find out what they do to keep their employees cheerful.

  • business and industry
  • career resources
  • practice management

Data privacy and FP&A are top concerns for finance chiefs

September 20, 2024

Data privacy and FP&A top CFOs’ priorities for the coming year, according to a new survey report from Protiviti.

  • business and industry
  • technology and cybersecurity

Video Replay for CTCPA Town Hall Meeting: An ESG/Sustainability Update - September 18, 2024

September 19, 2024

Sustainability is rapidly becoming a business requirement – yet so many companies are still dragging their feet. Immediate Past CTCPA Chair Timothy Hedley, PhD, CPA, CFF, CFE, a Fordham University adjunct professor responsible for the college’s ESG literacy programs and initiatives, joins us to share why companies need to care about ESG.

  • accounting and auditing
  • business and industry
  • member news
  • not-for-profit

Regulating AI: The digital can of worms is open

September 18, 2024

The new EU Artificial Intelligence Act raises many questions and should put AI on every business’s agenda sooner rather than later.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • technology and cybersecurity

Setting workable AI policies for your team

September 17, 2024

With IT security and data protection being such important factors, accountants and bookkeepers need to ensure they have considered how they set rules and guidelines for themselves and their teams.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • technology and cybersecurity

More organizations are turning to AI in the finance function

September 16, 2024

Adoption of finance AI — artificial intelligence that aids in the finance function — is on the rise.

  • business and industry
  • technology and cybersecurity

Use of Standard Terms and Conditions Can Help Build Engagement Letter Consistency

September 16, 2024

Imagine that a claim has been brought against your firm and you are sitting on the witness stand defending the firm's services. Your confidence is bolstered by detailed engagement letters used for each service that was delivered to the client by the firm. Yet doubt creeps into your mind as you remember your client's comments.

  • accounting and auditing
  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • emergency assistance and practice continuation

65% of CFOs are under pressure to accelerate ROI from tech investments

September 12, 2024

Leadership’s patience around getting returns on technology investments is thinning, according to new data from IBM.

  • business and industry
  • technology and cybersecurity

Decline in economic and organizational optimism among CPA leaders

September 04, 2024

CPA leaders' optimism about the U.S. economy and their own organizations has trended downward in a quarterly survey since hitting peaks in the second quarter of 2021. While there have been rebounds, recent survey results reveal another decline in optimism for both.

  • business and industry
  • practice management

3 trends reshaping CFO recruitment

September 03, 2024

Finance leaders looking to position themselves for success in today’s job market should understand and adapt to these hiring trends.

  • business and industry
  • career resources

Sustainable services: CPAs positioned for burst in opportunities

September 03, 2024

At first glance, it might appear that the growing number of regulations related to sustainability will affect only the largest CPA firms.

  • accounting and auditing
  • business and industry
  • practice management

FinCEN final rule lessens impact on small registered investment advisers

August 30, 2024

Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule that brings certain investment advisers within the standards of FinCEN's anti-money-laundering and countering-the-financing-of-terrorism (AML/CFT) programs.

  • accounting and auditing
  • business and industry
  • practice management

78% of business leaders expect ROI on generative AI investments in 1 to 3 years

August 28, 2024

As the cost-benefits of generative AI for businesses come into question, new data from KPMG suggest the largest companies have a timeline to ROI.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • technology and cybersecurity

IRS reminder: Employer educational assistance programs can still be used to help pay off workers’ student loans through Dec. 31, 2025

August 28, 2024

The Internal Revenue Service today issued a reminder that employers who offer educational assistance programs can also use them to help pay for their employees’ student loan obligations through Dec. 31, 2025.

  • business and industry
  • career resources
  • personal financial planning
  • practice management