Michael Cohn

The Regional Leader has expanded its presence in its home base of Indianapolis.

Companies lack adequate anti-fraud staff and resources and are seen as more likely to fall prey to fraud than in the past, according to a new report.

Environmental, social and governance reporting is filled with competing sets of rules, according to accounting standard-setters and experts.

The board approved proposals to delay the effective dates of its leases, credit losses, hedging and long-duration insurance contract standards.

The International Federation of Accountants issued a report indicating strong support for international accounting and auditing standards, particularly in areas where IFAC member organizations are involved in the process from beginning to end.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Financial Reporting Committee has sent a letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board questioning the costs and benefits of FASB’s current goodwill impairment model.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Rebekah Goshorn Jurata, a special assistant to the president for financial policy on the White House’s National Economic Council.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a second early draft version of the new Schedule 1 for next tax season’s Form 1040 to include a question up top about whether a taxpayer has sold, received, exchanged or acquired cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum.

Economic confidence among accountants worldwide dropped to its lowest level in eight years during the third quarter, according to a new report from the ACCA and the IMA, although it improved slightly in the U.S. and the U.K.

The Top 100 Firm has expanded its presence in the Milwaukee area.

The service is offering a direct debit payment option to allow taxpayers to pay off their tax debts.

The Regional Leader firm based in Timonium, Maryland, has brought in Maureen McCarthy and her health care consulting firm as part of the KatzAbosch Medical Practice Service Group.

The Top 100 Firm has combined with an outsourced accounting firm also based in Atlanta.

The Treasury Department and IRS issued proposed regulations to help taxpayers avoid negative tax consequences in the transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate and other interbank rates to newer reference rates.

Accounting Principals, a staffing and recruitment agency that works with accounting and financial professionals, published its 2020 Salary Guide on Tuesday.

Payroll processors are anticipating closer scrutiny after a high-profile scandal.

WithumSmith+Brown is commemorating the passing of one of the CPA firm’s founders, Fred Withum, who died Sept. 30, 2019 — a day before his 85th birthday.

The Internal Revenue Service could make better use of its data to ferret out abusive tax schemes involving charities and other tax-exempt groups, including syndicated conservation easements, according to a new report.

The company has been growing into new fields beyond sales and use taxes, thanks to its successful IPO last year and increased demand in the wake of the Supreme Court's Wayfair decision.

The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants signed a Statement of Protocol on oversight arrangements with the Financial Reporting Council, a regulatory body for audit firms in the United Kingdom