Forensic accounting has taken an important role in both private and public companies since the birth of the 21st century. The failure of some formerly prominent public companies such as Enron and Tyco ...

Your business accounting system can do more than just keep track of your money inflows and outflows. It can help increase your profits by eliminating waste and money lost due to missing deadlines.

The IRS has issued new guidance on automatic accounting method changes. Revenue Procedure 2009-39 provides certain additions, modifications and clarifications to Revenue Procedures 2008-52 and 97-27 ...

The American Institute of CPAs has recommended to the IRS that taxpayers making an accounting method change for mischaracterized research and experimental expenditures under Code Section 174 should ...

In a prior article, I wrote about the appeal of counting the Federal Government as a customer, because of the size of the government’s budget, as well as its creditworthiness. In that article, I ...

Learn what every business owner needs to know about financial accounting, accounting software and financial statements.

February 24, 2005 TORONTO, Ontario - In late February, Alarmforce Industries announced it restated its financial statements for the first three quarters of the year that ended Oct. 31, 2004, and the ...

Discover how the Accounting Principles Board (APB) set foundational accounting standards and influenced today's GAAP under the FASB in the financial reporting world.

The law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), P.L. 115-97, which generally took effect in 2018, provides welcome simplifications for small business taxpayers. This article highlights some of ...

Forensic accountants are financial detectives who investigate financial reports and documents, often in connection with legal action. Find out what it takes to become one.

The term “project accounting” sounds simple enough. It’s essentially the practice of accounting on the basis of individual projects. In practice, though, it’s so much more. If you do it correctly—and ...