FEI Weekly

March 31, 2015

Boards are playing larger roles in CFO changes, regulators eye cyber risk management, and accounting firm demographics are evolving.

Boards Join In on CFO Picks

Wall Street Journal (subscription may be required)

Corporate boards are playing an increasingly pivotal role in choosing CFOs, and can help unseat underperforming finance chiefs.

Regulators Leaping Into the Cyber Breach

CFO

Many regulators consider the growing tide of cyber incidents to be more of an abdication of corporate responsibility than a threat to national security.

Accounting Firms Challenged by Changing Demographics

Accounting Today

The accounting profession is facing a period of upheaval as Baby Boomers retire and firms experience mergers and leadership shifts, according to a new report.

Companies Starting to See a Need for State-by-State Tax Provisioning

AccountingWeb

Audit and compliance issues are on the rise concerning blended, or averaged, state tax rates in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 740-10.

Sales Tax Shocker: Rate Will Hit 10% in Some Bay Area Cities April 1

San Francisco Chronicle

Sales tax rates are going up in parts of California on Wednesday and will, for the first time, hit double digits in some Northern California cities.