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Oct 6, 2026
Legislating against a sitting administration needs two-thirds of both chambers, and no plausible result delivers that. What does change is state law, where a single party can move in a year — and the blueprint for 2028.
Sep 29, 2026
APQC counts calendar days from trial balance to consolidated statements. Your board, your auditors and your lender are each watching a different point on the chain — and for private companies, the last one may be forty-five days out.
Sep 22, 2026
The Fed raised to 3.75–4% in a unanimous vote, and its own projections now show rates flat through 2027. Budget season starts now.
Sep 15, 2026
SpaceX, SK Hynix and Cerebras have all priced. OpenAI has moved to 2027, Anduril still has not filed, and what is left has nine weeks and an election to get through.
Sep 8, 2026
Boards are promoting from within at above-average rates, and reaching younger to do it. Whether that is bench strength or bench thinness depends on who is left underneath.
Sep 1, 2026
The Supreme Court struck down the IEEPA tariffs and Customs is paying the money back. Three companies have now reported it three different ways — and one expects to hand most of it to its customers.
Aug 25, 2026
CPA roles take 73 days to fill and the candidate pipeline is down 30% since 2016. The work that used to build experience is the work AI does best.
Aug 18, 2026
FASB's new expense breakdown means splitting payroll across COGS, SG&A and R&D. Your ledger has to start tagging it in January.
