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NASBA chooses Daniel Dustin as next president and CEO

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy board of directors selected Daniel J. Dustin, CPA, as NASBA’s next president and CEO.  Dustin’s tenure as president and CEO will start Aug. 1, 2024, after Ken Bishop, the current president and CEO, retires. “I was fortunate to meet Dan more than

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NASBA chooses next president and CEO

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy board of directors selected Daniel J. Dustin, CPA, as NASBA’s next president and CEO.  Dustin’s tenure as president and CEO will start Aug. 1, 2024, after Ken Bishop, the current president and CEO, retires. “I was fortunate to meet Dan more than

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Lights, camera, taxation! Accountants on screen

With the announcement that “The Accountant” is getting a sequel (while the original 2011 Ben Affleck-helmed action thriller tops the Netflix charts), we at Accounting Today got to thinking about the most memorable on-screen accountants.  Fortunately, despite the urge to stereotype members of the profession, this list represents some diversity

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Master the art of timekeeping for government contracting compliance

U.S. government contracts account for over $700 billion annually, a significant portion of which hinges on the ability of contractors to “establish and maintain an acceptable accounting system,” which includes “timekeeping” and “labor distribution.” Failure to maintain an acceptable accounting system may result in the withholding of payments from the

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FASB limits project on accounting for software costs

The Financial Accounting Standards Board decided to pursue targeted improvements to its rules for accounting for and disclosing software costs, instead of a single overarching model. During a meeting Wednesday, board members and staff discussed research done by the staff and the direction of the project, which had initially set

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Tax pros: Be careful what you tell clients about BOI

Millions of small companies this year have a limited time to report information on their “beneficial” owners as part of efforts of the federal Corporate Transparency Act via the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. As often happens with confusing new compliance mandates, affected businesses might turn to their accounting

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