When it came to snagging new engagements, mergers made a major difference for many auditing firms.

A survey finds the majority of finance execs are not confident they can identify financial errors before reporting results.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited has designated Sharon Thorne to be the next chair of the firm’s global board of directors, starting in June. She will be the first woman to chair Deloitte’s global board.

The Southwest CPA firm pledged a four-year financial commitment to the American Indian Graduate Center to promote accounting and finance degrees to a new generation of students.

When I started working, in 1963, the IRS had a policy where everyone preparing and signing tax returns had to be an enrolled agent.

France intends to tax the revenue of about 30 internet giants such as Amazon.com Inc. to help ensure “fiscal justice,” according to Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire.

By setting a $10,000 cap on how much Americans can deduct in state and local taxes Washington created a pricey problem for the privileged in some parts of the country. But even before the law, there were rich people in blue states trying this strategy. Here are a few of the more colorful examples of litigation between wealthy residents who claimed to have moved and jilted states that didn’t quite believe them.

Accountants find new ways to connect with customer relationship management software.

Dave Auclair and Dustin Stamper of Grant Thornton’s Washington National Tax Office look at the winners and losers from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, issues that are still unresolved and areas of the law taxpayers and their advisors need to pay more attention to.

The Minnesota Society of CPAs has a list of outrageous questions clients have asked their tax preparers this tax season.