Risk Management
Employees are your best defense in the fight against fraud
ACFE study reveals the most effective anti-fraud controls.
Courtney Vien
Courtney Vien is a senior reporter for CFO Brew. She formerly served as editor in chief of the Journal of Accountancy and has experience reporting on practice management, personal financial planning, accounting education, and other accounting topics.
Accounting
How AI is reshaping the audit
The Big Four are making strides. The PCAOB is struggling to catch up.
Compliance
SEC issues proposal to make quarterly reporting optional
Companies should be able to choose the reporting cadence that’s best for them, Chair Paul Atkins says.
Accounting
RIP, 150-hour rule
Thirty-eight states have introduced new pathways to CPA licensure since 2025.
Accounting
PCAOB chair addresses the board’s credibility problem
Audit committees and investors may not be getting the board’s message, Jim Logothetis says.
Compliance
How to get your company a tariff refund
Know your eligibility, then act soon.
Accounting
Accounting enters its private equity ‘flip’ era
Firms once led by decades-long partnerships may change hands every three to seven years. What does that mean for the industry?
Compliance
IRS enforcement could see big cuts in 2027
A proposed budget for the next fiscal year would trim 2,000 jobs and $1.4 billion.
Accounting
Before and after one CPA firm’s PE ‘flip’
Avani Desai explains how Schellman’s second PE investment, from Goldman Sachs Alternatives, will help the firm scale.
Risk Management
The war in Iran is giving accountants economic jitters
With the rise in instability, CFO and accountant confidence plummeted last quarter.