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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.

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

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.

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

In a joint effort to support the next generation of accountants while maintaining accounting’s rigorous public protection mandate, the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) have proposed an initiative aimed at helping Certified Public Accountant (CPA) candidates meet initial licensure requirements. The CPA Competency-Based Experience Pathway would provide an additional option for candidates to demonstrate their professional and technical skills after earning a bachelor’s degree and meeting their state’s requirements for accounting and business courses.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Organisations should consider addressing management practices and age-inclusion policies to retain talent across generations.

Brian May, CFO of food service company Nicholas and Company, offers a unique CFO perspective on the lessons he learned during a major digital overhaul.

Increased turnover, driven by a trend toward shorter tenures, is creating more opportunities for aspiring leaders to step into CFO roles at public companies, and women are filling those roles at an elevated level.

Increased turnover, driven by a trend toward shorter tenures, is creating more opportunities for aspiring leaders to step into CFO roles at public companies, and women are filling those roles at an elevated level.

On May 28, 2024, Governor Ned Lamont signed legislation expanding Connecticut’s 2011 Sick Leave Law. The new legislation is effective on January 1st, 2025. The law covers more employees, expands the reasons under which employees may use paid sick leave, and reduces the required hours to accrue paid sick leave.

A federal judge in Texas issued a permanent injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements Aug. 20, two weeks before the controversial regulation’s effective date.

As artificial intelligence quietly transforms the accounting industry, we look at how it has evolved and the changes it has brought to everyday tasks, with this feature forming part of our special editorial report on the subject, in association with Sage.

C-suite leaders in a global survey say generative AI has influenced their business models, improved customer relationships, and cut business costs.

Half of surveyed organizations don’t know how often they’re hit by fraudulent payment schemes or what the cost is.