Chris Morrill serves as the executive director/CEO of the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the U.S. & Canada. He joined the Rutgers Master of Accountancy in Governmental Accounting ...

Candidates for the program should hold a bachelor's degree, preferably in business or accounting. Admission to the program is competitive and candidates must meet the graduate admissions requirements ...

S&P Global Ratings recently withdrew its credit ratings on 64 local governments after they failed to file financial updates on time because of staff shortages and delayed audits. Nearly 150 such ...

Accountants examine and convey financial data for businesses, government offices and nonprofit agencies. Small businesses depend on accountants to create the company's financial statements, develop ...

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released an updated standard Tuesday to improve some of the main components of the financial reporting model for state and local governments. GASB Statement ...

Not all accounting systems operate the same way. While most accounting systems capture basic income and expense data, whether manual or computerized, the system used varies by the type of business.