Accounting is the function you only notice when it breaks. Right now, it’s breaking for many U.S. companies. Roles sit open for months. Salaries keep climbing. The work doesn’t go away, though.

“I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants,” Elvis Presley once said. And who can argue with the man, knowing what we now know ...

Economic confidence among accountants in North America rebounded dramatically in the fourth quarter of 2023, after a steep drop in Q3. But that boost didn't happen in most other parts of the world: ...

From AI and private equity to taxes and the CPA pipeline, these are the challenges the accounting profession will face now—and in the future. As opening day for tax season approaches, heralding the ...