An individual may elect to defer some of their wages into a retirement plan through their employer's plan . That deferral could be as much as $24,500 for ...

IN BRIEF The shortage of individuals entering the CPA pipeline has reached a crisis stage. While professional institutions like the AICPA have been ...

CPAs need to be aware of current developments in key states to properly advise companies doing business in multiple jurisdictions. As state and local tax jurisdictions continue to face budgetary ...

History often records firsts, but legacy tells us which of those firsts mattered.Wilmer F. Lucas holds a singular place in the history of the accounting ...

IN BRIEF As CPA firms increasingly seek to provide integrated legal and advisory services, they face a complex web of ethical, legal, and regulatory ...

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) created a “centralized system for audit, adjustment and collection of tax that applies to all partnerships,” with ...

In the course of fulfilling its mandate to protect investors, the PCAOB has conducted inspections of public firm audits and collected this data in order to analyze whether audit deficiencies (and, ...

While many articles have discussed the declining pool of accounting graduates, relatively few have investigated whether this causes a disproportionate impact between the different fields of accounting ...

The rising popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) has made many CPAs feel unsure about the ways in which their profession may be affected. There are already some tedious tasks that AI can help ...

Of the many kinds of technologies that professionals have encountered in recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) presents perhaps the greatest challenge. CPAs that do not become comfortable with AI ...

The SEC’s new cybersecurity rules require public companies to promptly disclose cybersecurity incidents and detail their risk management strategies. These rules mandate reporting significant cyber ...

The accounting profession is facing a severe crisis due to a shortage of accountants. Significantly fewer students have selected accounting as a major. As a direct result of enrollment declines in ...