Michael Cohn

The Internal Revenue Service is changing the process for requesting documents from tax-exempt groups.

The Internal Revenue Service is extending the due dates for some information reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act.

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for information on bitcoin users from Coinbase, one of the largest bitcoin exchanges in the U.S., as part of its efforts to uncover possible tax evasion.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released a proposed accounting standards update related to the scope of modification accounting for stock-based compensation.

Barfield, Murphy Shank & Smith CPAs has released a humorous new music video to commemorate the Alabama firm’s 25th anniversary: “CPAs on Fleek: XXV.”

The American Institute of CPAs has written a letter to Congress suggesting legislative changes in the new partnership audit regime ushered in by last year’s bipartisan budget deal.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to provide better security when transmitting taxpayers’ personal information to outside government agencies, banks and contractors, according to a new report.

Eide Bailly is adding the accounting firm Daines Goodwin & Co., effective Dec. 5, 2016, expanding Eide Bailly’s presence in Utah.

Some Internal Revenue Service employees didn’t do enough to protect sensitive taxpayer information when they were sending emails, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service has launched the second year of its public awareness campaign aimed at improving taxpayer security in partnership with tax software companies, tax preparation chains and state tax authorities.

The International Federation of Accountants has sent a letter to Pope Francis on how the accounting profession can help him with the fight against financial fraud and corruption.

Financial executives are coping with an onrush of new accounting standards that are taking effect in the next few years, along with demands from the Securities and Exchange Commission to temper their companies’ reliance on non-GAAP measures.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility has created a new online lookup table that allows the public to find out more easily if they have hired a rogue tax practitioner.

A 2009 accounting standard that state and local governments have been using for reporting on their fund balances and fund types has mostly achieved its original purpose, according to a new report.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is highlighting International Fraud Awareness Week with a new public awareness campaign.

Public companies in the U.S. recorded $57 billion in goodwill impairment last year, more than double the amount of impairment they recorded the previous year, according to a new study.

The Financial Accounting Foundation's Board of Trustees has voted to restructure several of its own committees, along with oversight of the Private Company Council, disbanding the Private Company Review Committee that has been overseeing it.

Finance executives are getting ready for the incoming Trump administration with a multitude of changes expected on the regulatory side while also dealing with all the new accounting standards rolling out in the next few years.

The Financial Accounting Foundation’s board of trustees has reappointed Russell G. Golden to a second term as chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and named two new members: Marsha L. Hunt, vice president and corporate controller at Cummins Inc., and Harold L. Monk Jr., a partner at the accounting firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram LLC.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is planning to welcome new board members as the terms of several of its members end next year.