Michael Cohn

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released an “omnibus” statement providing guidance on a wide range of accounting and financial reporting issues that have been uncovered during the implementation and application of some of GASB’s earlier pronouncements for state and local governments.

The Internal Revenue Service is adding extra staff starting Tuesday to help tax professionals reinstate their e-Services accounts.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has sanctioned a former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes in Brazil for audit failures involving Sara Lee Corporation.

St. Louis-based Top 100 firm RubinBrown is expanding into Las Vegas by combining with Stewart Archibald & Barney, the sixth largest accounting firm in Vegas, effective June 1, 2017.

CorpNet CEO Nellie Akalp discusses how accountants can advise their business clients on the proper entity to use for legal and tax purposes.

Corporate communications and environmental, health and safety regulations could expose companies to hidden pitfalls.

More women and minorities are becoming CFOs at Fortune 500 companies, according to new research.

Accountants around the world are increasingly coping with a talent shortage.

Nearly two-thirds of small businesses are affected by late payments on open invoices, according to a new survey, with almost a quarter of them unable to hire new employees.

The Form 1040 that leaked out this week revealing the first two pages of Donald Trump’s 2005 tax return contained a few revelations, with some tantalizing hints of what might be found in the rest of the president-to-be’s tax filings. Tax expert Bill Smith of CBIZ MHM provided an in-depth analysis to Accounting Today.

Lawyers and engineers are the most likely occupations to hire professional tax preparers, according to newly released statistics.

A pair of former PricewaterhouseCoopers employees received reduced prison sentences after they exposed the secret tax breaks offered by Luxembourg to some multinational companies such as Apple, Ikea, Walt Disney, PepsiCo and Microsoft’s Skype.

CFOs who are also CPAs in Indiana are feeling optimistic about economic growth, particularly in the Hoosier state.

Poll finds CMAs generally earn more than those without the certification.

The Anti-Fraud Collaboration, a coalition of the Center for Audit Quality, Financial Executives International, the Institute of Internal Auditors and the National Association of Corporate Directors, has released a new report on how organizations on can deter fraud and improve financial reporting.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has given its approval to the 2017 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy, the annually updated set of accounting standards built using computer-readable tags.

The Internal Revenue Service is continuing to face challenges with identity theft and taxpayer service this tax season, although there have been some improvements since last year.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued its annual notice providing adjustments to the limitation on housing expenses at various locations abroad.

A new study finds a big disparity in how CPAs employed in industry and government see the ethical environment around them compared to public accounting firms.

Florida accounting firm adds specialist with clients in the health care industry.