Michael Cohn

The Internal Revenue Service’s Large Business and International division is launching 11 more compliance campaigns looking at various ways to ensure companies are meeting their tax obligations.

Firms are joining forces in Texas, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Cherry Bekaert LLP, a Top 100 Firm, is expanding its presence in the Washington, D.C., area by adding Berlin Ramos & Company PA, effective Nov. 1, 2017.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new standard on accounting for credit losses will require some major changes for banks, particularly smaller ones, as well as many companies that provide loans.

Outgoing Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen foresees problems with tax reform if major provisions apply to the current tax year and predicted the agency would need more funding from Congress to implement the legislation if it passes.

The Institute of Management Accountants is allying with the staffing company Robert Half to support the careers and professional development of accounting and finance professionals.

A new academic study casts doubt on the value of requirements for independent audit committee members in terms of corporate stock prices and financial restatements.

The Accountants Club of America marked its 90th anniversary with a gala dinner in New York on Thursday night.

The tax reform bill introduced by House Republicans doesn’t give the low 25 percent income tax rate for pass-through businesses to accounting firms and other professional service firms, and the rules for getting around it are complicated.

The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers not to believe reports circulating on the internet about a start date for the 2018 tax filing season, insisting it has not yet chosen a start date, and is waiting to see what Congress does with tax legislation.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has signed a cooperative agreement with the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority, allowing them to cooperate on joint inspections and oversight of auditing firms subject to of both organizations’ regulatory jurisdiction.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is likely to issue guidance on the use of blockchain and data analytics technology as more auditing firms weigh the benefits and drawbacks of them.

Even as the Trump administration takes a strong line on renegotiating NAFTA, the American Institute of CPAs renewed a mutual recognition agreement with the accounting bodies of Canada and Mexico on Wednesday.

The employment market improved despite lingering problems from the recent hurricanes and wildfires still affecting parts of the U.S.

Cherry Bekaert, a Top 100 Firm based in Richmond, Va., has expanded to Nashville, Tenn., by acquiring Frasier, Dean & Howard.

Audit committees are providing investors with more information about their outside auditing firms, according to a new report.

Paychex found a slight decline in the rate of growth in small jobs and wages in October, according to its latest monthly report.

Baker Tilly International has named Timothy Christen as the accounting firm network’s new chairman after he recently completed a term chairing the American Institute of CPAs.

The Internal Revenue Service said Monday that it was able to transition most of its e-Services user applications to a new platform over the weekend, although it reiterated its warning Friday of delays in moving to new authentication technology.

A prominent investor group is applauding the Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval this week of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s new standard expanding the scope of the audit report.