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Within HR and employment law AI will change the way we work, but it will not eliminate the need for expert, professional advice on specialist or complex issues.

But a large majority of employees say their companies need to be more transparent about how it can improve workflows.

Connecticut has passed four directives regarding CPA Exam credit retention.

Working to implement an effective budgeting process sets CFOs up for a successful budgeting season.

You're probably not as worried about cybersecurity as you should be. The threat to firms from cybercriminals is literally constant. There are three basic cybersecurity outcomes for firms in case of an attack. One is a disaster. Would your firm survive?

Technology has much to offer the practice owner, but the human aspect is still essential, says Sacheen Yadav.

Budgets for employee salary increases have grown by an average of 4.4% in 2023, the highest increase in more than two decades, according to a long-running survey.

As part of a larger effort to protect small businesses and organizations from scams, the Internal Revenue Service today announced the details of a special withdrawal process to help those who filed an Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claim and are concerned about its accuracy.

Many companies are or plan on using new technologies to control and account for employee spending, new data shows.

John Raspante, risk management director at McGowan Pro, was featured in the Accounting Today podcast "Emerging risks for accountants." John and McGowan Pro Senior Vice President Stephen Vono spoke with Dan Hood on the new areas that are sparking claims against firms — and the tools they can use to protect themselves.

The new term highlights the friction between the return-to-office push and flexible work schedules.

Mfon Akpan, CGMA, DBA, an assistant professor of accounting at Methodist University, and Scott Dell, CPA, DBA, an assistant professor of accounting at Francis Marion University, explain why CPAs and other professionals can be left behind professionally if they don't spend time learning about tools such as ChatGPT. They talk about productivity gains, the competitive divide that could develop, and how, in the short term, more training is needed to fully harness generative AI.

Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Wednesday that would extend the deadline for companies created or registered in 2024 to file their first beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports. The NPRM (RIN 1506-AB62) would provide 90 days for those companies to file initial reports rather than the original deadline of 30 days from the earlier of the date on which the company receives actual notice that its creation or registration has become effective or the date on which the secretary of state first provides public notice that the company has been created or registered.

The platform plans to add AI to help recruiters, sales professionals’ searching for prospects, and those conducting B2B marketing campaigns.

Allocations toward employee well-being are crucial as it is directly connected to productivity, engagement, and retention.

The August cyberattack was far more debilitating than hospital officials publicly acknowledged. Now, it threatens a sale of the hospitals to Yale.

When Accounting Today began presenting this annual selection of technological tools several years ago, "apps" were generally small, limited solutions, often single-purpose, that were primarily meant for mobile use on a phone or tablet; on the rare occasions when they were versions of larger software tools, it was understood that they would be cut down to a minimal number of functions.

Many people have an unhealthy relationship with work, the report shows. It offers recommendations for business leaders to help employees feel more fulfilled.

Technology for payment processing is one remedy for overworked finance teams, according to new data.

If implementing generative AI can make the finance function more agile, it has the potential to be a source of competitive advantage, says Gartner.