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Controllers hunt for workarounds to ‘continuous’ reporting, accountant shortage
As leaders of their firms’ accounting operations, many controllers are outsourcing work and using AI to speed accounts payable and receivable tasks.
By Chris Gaetano • April 19, 2024 -
CFOs forecast stronger economy amid stubborn inflation: ACCA, IMA survey
Top financial executives across North America ranked inflation as their top “risk priority,” ACCA and IMA found in a survey.
By Jim Tyson • April 19, 2024 -
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Workforce wages: solving the cost-talent puzzle
In today’s strong labor market, CFOs leery of raising wages find creative ways to find and retain key employees.
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Werfel sees IRS budget request yielding $341B in extra revenue
The IRS chief testified to a Senate committee after Republican lawmakers secured a $20-billion cut to the agency’s budget.
By Jim Tyson • April 17, 2024 -
Powell: Inflation data deny Fed ‘greater confidence’ needed to cut rates
The Fed chair is just one of many policymakers who, in the face of persistent price pressures, has voiced no urgency in reducing borrowing costs.
By Jim Tyson • April 16, 2024 -
Biden tax negotiator rejoins KPMG as election weighs on Pillar 2 prospects
Although the U.S. has yet to sign on, the OECD’s new Pillar Two tax rules already apply in more than 30 countries, Michael Plowgian said.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 16, 2024 -
How AI speeds ‘hugely time-consuming’ pricing, quote tasks
Artificial intelligence could cut anywhere from 30% to 70% of the time businesses spend on the quote process, according to Lydia DiLiello, CEO of Capital Pricing Consultants.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 15, 2024 -
Inflation outruns forecasts, prompting market bets on fewer Fed rate cuts
Futures traders cut from 56% to 17% the odds that the Fed will conclude 2024 having trimmed the main rate by more than a half percentage point.
By Jim Tyson • April 10, 2024 -
Hiring will likely grow even as economy slows in Q2, Q3: Conference Board
Employment will likely remain strong as the supply and demand for labor gradually come into better balance, economists said.
By Jim Tyson • April 9, 2024 -
6 tips to tackle unpaid invoices as average DSO rises to 59 days
Monitoring and keeping DSO in check is key to preventing cash flow difficulties, Allianz Trade’s Ano Kuhanathan says.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 8, 2024 -
Powell calls recent inflation, job data high but not game changers for Fed
The central bank must balance the risks of easing monetary policy too early or too late, Powell said.
By Jim Tyson • April 3, 2024 -
5 tips from CFOs on how to win the CFO seat: McKinsey
Executives aiming to rise to the CFO seat have faced a bright landscape in recent years, with turnover unusually high.
By Jim Tyson • April 2, 2024 -
IPO market strengthens as economy defies recession forecasts: EY
Investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence may spur companies to go public in coming months, EY said.
By Jim Tyson • April 1, 2024 -
Inflation ‘bursts’ may exceed Fed’s 2% target due to public debt: Brookings
Policymakers face several inflationary forces, including rising spending on defense and aging populations, economists said in a Brookings paper.
By Jim Tyson • March 29, 2024 -
SEC fines Arista Networks founder Bechtolsheim $1M for insider trading
Andreas “Andy” Bechtolsheim, who resigned as Arista chairman in December, allegedly arranged put options contracts for a relative based on non-public information about an imminent deal.
By Jim Tyson • March 26, 2024 -
Tax-free M&A comes in crosshairs of bipartisan Senate legislation
An effort to scuttle deal-making tax exemptions coincides with signs of life in M&A after a severe slump last year.
By Jim Tyson • March 25, 2024 -
Office real estate value likely to plunge 26% through 2025: Moody’s
An above-average amount of commercial real estate debt will soon mature and property owners will need to refinance at the highest rates in years, Moody’s said.
By Jim Tyson • March 22, 2024 -
Companies plan 4.5% pay raises this year, outpacing inflation: Payscale
As price pressures fall, pay increases will help employees recover from the highest inflation in four decades, Payscale said.
By Jim Tyson • March 21, 2024 -
Fed forecasts three, quarter-point rate cuts in 2024, holds main rate steady
Central bank officials upgraded their projection for 2024 economic growth to 2.1% while predicting unemployment will end the year at 4%.
By Jim Tyson • March 20, 2024 -
Inflation exceeds forecasts, affirming Fed’s caution on initial rate cut
Futures trading suggested that the odds that policymakers will cut the main interest rate by at least a quarter point on May 1 have plunged to 11% from 52% a month ago.
By Jim Tyson • March 12, 2024 -
CEO confidence, capital spending plans rise: Business Roundtable
Like CEOs, economists at large companies have grown more optimistic and foresee stepped up spending on business fixed investment this year, Wolters Kluwer said.
By Jim Tyson • March 11, 2024 -
Powell assailed by Democrats calling on Fed to cut rates from 23-year high
The Fed chair said that policymakers will likely begin trimming borrowing costs sometime this year if data show that inflation is steadily falling.
By Jim Tyson • March 7, 2024 -
Powell predicts commercial real estate woes will most afflict smaller banks
The Fed, bankers and commercial real estate executives have warned of turbulence as property owners struggle to refinance debt at higher rates.
By Jim Tyson • March 6, 2024 -
93% of firms use a mix of ESG standards, thwarting uniformity efforts: IFAC
The spotlight on confusion from a jumble of ESG frameworks comes just days before a vote on an SEC rule aimed at ensuring uniformity in climate disclosure.
By Jim Tyson • March 4, 2024 -
SEC charges Lordstown Motors with misleading investors on sales outlook
Lordstown’s auditor and adviser also faces SEC sanctions for allegedly violating independence standards.
By Jim Tyson • March 1, 2024 -
Fed’s key inflation measure rose in January, validating high-rate hold
Policymakers have refrained from declaring sufficient progress in their fight against inflation, pushing back by several months market expectations for a rate cut.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 29, 2024