Michael Cohn

The press helps keep firms honest, according to a new academic paper.

The Big Four firm has agreed to acquire the assets of a digital transformation company that's part of the Amazon Web Services Partner Network.

Two Pennsylvania firms are combining forces.

The institute released the pair of reports as companies increasingly rely on their CFOs and accounting departments to help them survive beyond the coronavirus pandemic.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation unit has been initiating fewer investigations of abusive tax return preparers this past year, while also recommending fewer prosecutions, and seeing fewer indictments and prison sentences this year.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is giving state and local governments extra time to implement its new leases standard because of the coronavirus pandemic, and they will need it.

The Internal Revenue Service intends to start “masking” sensitive information to safeguard taxpayers against the threat of identity theft.

Andreas Barckow was appointed Thursday by the trustees of the IFRS Foundation, as the next chair of the board, succeeding longtime chair Hans Hoogervorst in July 2021.

The board has been making changes to its strategic plans and agenda in response to the pandemic as it sees auditors doing more work remotely.

The percentage of workers asking for compensation for work-from-home expenses with their employers hasn’t gone up significantly since the outbreak of COVID-19.

Proposed regulations would allow partnerships and S corporations to exceed the $10,000 limit on state and local tax deductions imposed by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The service is rolling out new systems and expanding forms that can be electronically filed by tax-exempt organizations.

Hancock Askew adds S. Mark Hand; Baratz & Associates merges in Robin, Kramer & Green; and DMJ acquires Roberson CPA Firm.

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has deferred the effective dates of several upcoming standards and amendments amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eighty percent of the business leaders surveyed by BDO in the Americas said the focus of tax legislation changes constantly as the result of the elected party and/or it is difficult to predict.

Unemployment declined 1 percentage point to 6.9 percent as the economy continues a slow recovery despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Wages are set to go up in Florida after voters passed a minimum wage ballot initiative in Tuesday’s election.

The board is postponing the effective date of its long-duration insurance standard for a year and making it easier to adopt it early.

The NJCPA is calling on state lawmakers and regulators to allow cannabis merchants to deduct business expenses.

Having started his transition at the beginning of the pandemic, Board Chair Richard Jones now faces the uncertainty of the presidential election and what Congress might do with accounting standards.