Michael Cohn

A pair of Top 50 Firms plan to combine in a huge deal.

Hourly earnings growth continued for the 11th month in a row at small businesses, payroll giant Paychex reported Tuesday, while small business job growth job growth also stayed strong, but moderated slightly.

RubinBrown merges with JMW & Associates; MGO combines with Eckhoff; and PYA acquires Crux Strategies.

Governmental Accounting Standards Board chair Joel Black has plans as GASB prepares to issue new standards on compensated absences, accounting changes and error corrections, while also weighing issues like digital assets, electronic financial reporting and subsequent events.

The institute is continuing a tradition that dates back to the 1990s as a way to highlight the work of the profession.

The Internal Revenue Service issued its annual inflation-adjusted amounts for health savings accounts next year as the inflation rate surged to the highest level in decades.

National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins is urging the Internal Revenue Service to expand online services for taxpayers, tax professionals and businesses while reducing its reliance on paper to improve taxpayer service.

The Internal Revenue Service revised its answers to frequently asked questions on the Child Tax Credit, adding a new set of six commonly asked filing season questions.

The two Top 100 Firms unveiled the name Wednesday for their combined firm, Forvis, which stands for 'forward vision.'

The board is setting up a new working group of representatives from various jurisdictions around the world, including the SEC.

The Internal Revenue Service appointed Lia Colbert as the new commissioner of its Small Business Self-Employed Division to oversee the IRS’s collection activities and the examinations of most businesses in the U.S.

The Atlanta-based Top 100 Firm will merged in the Fairfield, New Jersey, firm effective June 1, 2022.

Audit fees in the U.S. appear to be climbing at a faster pace in recent years than in Canada and Europe, according to a new survey from the International Federation of Accountants.

Three organizations released a new report on the problems with diversity, equity and inclusion in the accounting profession and ways to address them.

“IRS employees want to do more to help taxpayers,” Commissioner Rettig told Congress on Thursday.

The profession is turning its attention increasingly toward environmental matters to help clients adjust to new demands for climate and sustainability reporting.

U.S. accounting firms can work with their counterparts in Ukraine to support the country as it endures the Russian invasion while also getting some much-needed help with their own work as labor shortages continue in the U.S.

Deloitte is helping corporate clients navigate mergers and acquisitions as they ride a surge of M&A activity as part of the economic rebound from the initial pandemic.

The board issued a proposed update Wednesday that would give preparers more time to use its earlier reference rate reform relief guidance.

The board imposed monetary penalties and sanctions Tuesday against two firms that had been working with unregistered Chinese auditors.