A new year is looming large in the windshield, but there’s still time for a quick look in the rear view mirror. Here are some of the stories that impacted our profession and our world in 2025.

Anyone who thinks accounting’s boring wasn’t an accountant in 2025 (from CFO Brew)
There was no shortage of excitement in the world of accounting this year.

The top 10 criminal tax cases of 2025 (from Accounting Today)
The IRS Criminal Investigation unit cited its top cases that led to multiyear prison sentences and multimillion-dollar financial settlements for tax crimes.

Lessons learned from the first year of SAS 145 (from the Journal of Accountancy)
Implementing SAS 145, the new audit standard, has changed one firm’s documentation and brought about efficiencies.

10 buzzwords defining trends finance teams faced in 2025 (from CFO.com)
From "workslop" and "microshifting" to "conscious unbossing," the language of work this year reflected complicated operational and talent risks for CFOs.

Maryland's biggest stories of 2025 that impacted us all (from WBAL)
WBAL-TV 11 News reviews Maryland's biggest stories of 2025 from a fatal plane crash to a massive fuel spill and the federal government shutdown.

Photos of the year from Time | National Geographic | Associated Press
TIME’s Top 100 Photographs of 2025 underscores in images that capture not only a year, but also the faint but discernable shadow cast by a less human future.

A new pope, political shake-ups and celebs in space: The 2025-in-review news quiz (from NBC News)
2025 was a consequential year in U.S. politics and world events, including the selection of a new pope and the growing impact of artificial intelligence. Test your knowledge of the year in news.

The best of 2025: Inventions | Technology | Books | Songs | Movies | TV

The 8 worst technology flops of 2025 (from Technology Review)
The Cybertruck, sycophantic AI, and humanoid robots all made this year’s list of the biggest technology failures.

Why A.I. didn’t transform our lives in 2025 (from The New Yorker)
This was supposed to be the year when autonomous agents took over everyday tasks. The tech industry overpromised and underdelivered.

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