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Accounting is changing, and the world can't wait until 2026

Accounting Today

EDT 3 Min Read Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email The accountant the world urgently needs has evolved far beyond the traditional role we recognized just a few years ago. We must confront a critical question: If we continue to train accountants solely to file tax reports, are we truly equipping them for the challenges of todays world?

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EY Gets Caught Up in Independence Violations Because Audit Partner Rotation Is For Chumps

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Gigantic UK-based energy company Shell announced yesterday it will be updating its 2023 and 2024 Form 20-Fs “due to EY non-compliance with audit partner rotation rules” after EY UK told them they’d discovered a small audit partner rotation issue for those years.

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IRS FIRE's going out for 2027 tax season

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EDT 1 Min Read Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Tax year 2026 and filing season 2027 are the target date for retiring the Filing Information Returns Electronic, or FIRE, system. FIRE will not be available for submissions in filing season 2027.

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The accountant's advantage over technology in fraud prevention

Accounting Today

Accounting Technology Fraud prevention Fraud MORE FROM ACCOUNTING TODAY Practice management BDO names Matt Becker next CEO Matthew Becker, BDO USAs national managing principal of tax, has been ratified by a principal-wide vote to succeed Wayne Berson as the firms next CEO, effective July 1, 2026.

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Inside GASB's far-reaching agenda

Accounting Today

Most of the questions deal with Statement 103 , the financial reporting model improvements standard that GASB issued last year, which will take effect in 2026. He hopes to issue an exposure draft, with another round of due process on a document written more like a final standard in early 2026 with a final standard expected in early 2027.

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Mississippi, Texas storm victims get tax relief

Accounting Today

By Danielle Lee 9h ago Practice management Crete to spend $500M to buy firms and upgrade them with AI The money represents new capital, and this initiative will run parallel to Cretes ongoing acquisition efforts. For individual taxpayers, this means Oct.

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Baker Tilly and Moss Adams Are Combining to Create a Private Equity-Fueled Behemoth

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Naturally, WSJ had the full scoop : Accounting firms Baker Tilly and Moss Adams agreed to merge in a deal valued at roughly $7 billion, which would make it the largest firm in the industry to be partly owned by private-equity investors. The combined firm, which would be the sixth-biggest accounting firm in the U.S.,

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