Michael Cohn

The internal audit profession is seeing a bit of a gender shift, as more women become chief audit executives.

James Schnurr, the chief accountant in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant, has been seriously injured in a bicycling accident, and the SEC named deputy chief accountant Wesley R. Bricker as interim chief accountant while Schnurr recuperates.

Internal Revenue Service employees file more than 800 new injury claims each year, according to a new report.

The increasing popularity of ride-sharing apps such as Uber and Lyft has vaulted them ahead of traditional taxi and car rental services on corporate expense reports, according to one expense management software vendor.

New research from the International Federation of Accountants shows how advice and expertise from accountants helps improve business performance at companies around the world.

Internal auditors increasingly need to check their companies’ defenses against cyberattacks from hackers and identity thieves.

The Internal Revenue Service has released new guidance on how foreign financial institutions can enter into a Qualified Intermediary agreement with the U.S. under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA.

Marks Paneth LLC expanded into the Philadelphia area by merging in MDG LLC, a firm based in Jenkintown, Pa., and in a separate deal this month beefed up its Private Client Group in New York by merging in another firm, Kranz & Company LLP.

BDO USA LLP said Wednesday that it grew its annual revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016 to $1.29 billion, a 22.9 percent jump from fiscal year 2015, when it reached $1.05 billion.

The Internal Revenue Service has restored the online “Get an IP PIN” service after fixing security vulnerabilities in the tool for giving identity theft victims an Identity Protection Personal Identification Number.

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has published new guidance to help investors use SASB standards to engage better with the companies where they own and manage shares.

The Internal Revenue Service sent notices of federal tax liens to old addresses of some taxpayers even when it had a more current address, according to a new report.

The maturity of the internal audit function differs in various parts of the world, according to a new study.

The American Institute of CPAs is planning to fund academic research on audit and assurance services.

Tax executives at U.S.-based multinational companies are having a hard time adjusting to the new rules demanded by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting plan, also known as OECD BEPS, according to a new survey.

The Internal Revenue Service has released a revenue procedure providing two safe harbors for corporate acquisitions.

The Institute of Internal Auditors opened its international conference Monday in New York with a pair of reports on the internal audit function and audit committee oversight.

The standard GAAP accounting measures are less and less useful to investors, according to a new book with the provocative title, “The End of Accounting.”

Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, a CPA who joined Congress in 2011, has released a tax reform plan only weeks after House Republican leaders unveiled their own.

The Indiana Board of Accountancy approved a change Friday in its rules for renewing a CPA license, allowing competency-based education, as opposed to hours-based education, to count toward the requirement.