The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has released for comment a consultation paper on the Recognition and Measurement of Social Benefits. The IPSASB, which operates under the ...

Jeremy Roche is CEO of FinancialForce.com, a provider of cloud-based accounting software. In the wake of a near-global financial meltdown, the roles of corporate accounting and finance departments are ...

Money is a great motivator of human behavior, which is why financial reports must contain truthful and unbiased information. Accountants must prepare unbiased, truthful and accurate financial reports ...

Social engineering raises some serious questions about data protection and compliance of accounting firms. Therefore, accounting firms should have measures to protect their IT assets against this ...

Accounting is often erroneously viewed as being simply about numbers — the process of keeping and consolidating financial accounts. Not so, I would argue. Eva Tsahuridu and Gary Carnegie argue that ...