Accounting combines three things many people enjoy: problem-solving, money, and working with people. And thanks to the use of data analytics in accounting, these parts of the job are more exciting, ...

Sageworks said Monday that it will be offering its database of industry statistics on privately held companies for free to all U.S. accounting firms. The statistics are based on the more than 1 ...

Companies of all sizes collect data from technology sources including apps, social media, wearable technology, and GPS. To make strategic decisions, business leaders rely on data analytics to help ...

The American Accounting Association has enhanced its database of academic articles on auditing research, with links to social media accounts and a video walk-through. The AAA is also now providing a ...

Higher pay is necessary to attract more people into accounting jobs (“Accountant Pay Climbs Sharply,” Business & Finance, March 30). Also, artificial intelligence can reduce tedious accounting work, ...

As technology continues to evolve, it promotes changes to business models and surprises those who are unprepared. Businesses change their strategies and the way they operate. New threats and ...

Two of the industry-leading software packages, Sage Simply Accounting (now called Sage 50) and Intuit QuickBooks, are database-driven accounting packages that can link invoices and receipts, and ...

In an effort to create health care organizations that sustainably deliver high-quality, cost-effective care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are using innovative payment models to ...

STONE RIDGE, NY. — HowGood, PBC, a sustainability intelligence platform for the food industry, has launched its global carbon database (GCD), a plug-and-play library of audit-ready emission factors ...

Editor’s note: The following case study is excerpted from The 2014 AICPA Survey on International Trends in Forensic and Valuation Services. Although the buzz about Big Data has certainly been growing, ...