CEO Jeff Call is ramping up the use of artificial intelligence at the Top 100 Firm, and helping clients adjust to changes from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Category: NYT Accounting News
On the move: Aprio appoints chief people officer
Connecticut Society of CPAs to bestow annual Women’s Awards; Forvis Mazars appoints leader of the energy and natural resources practice; and more news from across the profession.
PCAOB penalizes firm for failing to disclose who worked on audits
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board imposed a $35,000 penalty on Beckles & Co. for failing to disclose who worked on nine public company audits.
Audit committee disclosures stagnating
There is plenty of room for more audit committee disclosure, according to the Center for Audit Quality and Ideagen Audit Analytics
Tax Fraud Blotter: Just set the pool anywhere
By any other name; a different kind of clearing house; dodgy digital; and other highlights of recent tax cases.
M&A roundup: CRI, LGA, Adams Brown and Stephano Slack expand
Carr, Riggs & Ingram added DK Partners; LGA merged in Ziner & Murphy; Adams Brown acquired Stafford & Westervelt; and Stephano Slack merged in Boyer & Boyer and Kimmel, Lorah & Associates.
Franklin Alliance adds Cincinnati firm
Franklin Alliance, a venture capital-backed company that helps small and midsized firms scale, acquired Cincinnati-based Howard, Nunn & Bloom. Randy Crabtree and Jon Segal also joined its advisory board.
PCAOB board member Christina Ho resigns
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board member Christina Ho plans to resign by the end of January as a shakeup is expected at the board.
FASB releases guidance on accounting for government grants
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an accounting standards update with guidance on accounting for government grants to business entities.
In the blogs: Rated M for Mature
Planning around SSI COLAs; holiday business deductions; complex decisions of inheritance; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.