Michael Cohn

Republicans on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee sent a a letter Thursday to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew asking him to withdraw the Treasury’s recently proposed regulations on estate and gift taxes.

Internal Revenue Service examiners confront some steep barriers when trying to audit the transfer pricing strategies used by multinational corporations to reduce their taxes, according to a new report.

The New York State Society of CPAs has some recommendations for items that the Financial Accounting Standards Board should add to its to-do list.

The Internal Revenue Service convened a meeting of its Security Summit partners in the tax preparation industry and state tax authorities Thursday to discuss additional steps they can take to safeguard tax refunds from identity theft next filing season.

Fewer private companies are expecting to increase headcount or revenues in the near future, according to a new survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump is elected next Tuesday, there are some tax-planning moves that will make sense for your clients no matter who gets into the Oval Office.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Financial Reporting Executive Committee is asking for feedback on three new working drafts of guidance for broker-dealers and depository and lending institutions on the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s revenue recognition standard.

Equale & Cirone LLP, a firm based in Bethel, Conn., is combining with Friedberg, Smith & Co. PC, a firm in Bridgeport, Conn., to form Cirone Friedberg LLP, effective November 1.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed a new deputy chief accountant in the Office of the Chief Accountant, Marc A. Panucci, a partner in PwC’s national professional services group.

The International Accounting Standards Board has released its five-year work plan for International Financial Reporting Standards, with a focus on completing its insurance contracts standard and revising its conceptual framework.

Private sector employers added 147,000 jobs in October, according to the latest monthly jobs report from payroll giant ADP, the last before the election.

The Internal Revenue Service is warning against the use of so-called “micro-captive transactions” and similar transactions as potentially abusive.

The Internal Revenue Service has taken steps to improve the offer in compromise process for both taxpayers and the IRS, but it can still do more, according to a new report.

Audit committees are increasing the amount of information they are giving investors on the actions they are taking to oversee their outside auditing firms, according to a new report.

BDO USA LLP is partnering with CoStar Group’s CoStar Real Estate Manager division to advise companies on complying with the lease accounting standard.

K·Coe Isom is growing its footprint in California by acquiring Schmidt, Bettencourt & Medeiros in Turlock, the firm’s sixth location in the state.

Small business employment growth fell for the second month in a row in October, slipping 0.11 percent from September, according to payroll giant Paychex.

Nearly one out of four internal auditors around the world face pressures to either suppress or change their audit findings, according to a new report.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has initiated proceedings against an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers accusing him of not doing enough to audit a venture capital fund whose manager was stealing money.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged PKF O’Connor Davies and one of its senior partners with issuing fraudulent audit reports on the municipal bond offerings of the town of Ramapo, N.Y.