Michael Cohn

The Georgia Society of CPAs is uniting accountants in the Peach State in a friendly competition to support Georgia’s eight regional food banks.

The International Accounting Standards Board is asking for feedback on a proposal Monday to postpone the date when entities need to change some aspects of how they account for transactions between investors and associates or joint ventures.

Willingness to manipulate earnings helps individuals succeed in corporate accounting, according to a new academic study.

Public accounting firms hired the largest number of accounting graduates ever last year, according to the American Institute of CPAs.

The Internal Revenue Service is warning tax preparers that clients who fail to file their tax returns for last year run the risk of missing out next year on advance payments of the premium tax credit for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.

It isn’t often that accounting firms have to compete against pizza parlors, but all bets are off when it comes to softball.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released two proposed accounting standards updates related to derivatives and hedging.

Total nonfarm employment increased by 215,000 in July, including 1,900 jobs in accounting and bookkeeping services, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, although the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.3 percent.

The Internal Revenue Service lacks effective processes to ensure the authenticity of copies of documents certified by a foreign issuing agency to support an application for an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, according to a new government report.

The Senate Finance Committee has released its long-awaited report on the Internal Revenue Service’s treatment of political groups applying for tax-exempt status, and it includes a tantalizing reference to Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Thomson Reuters has introduced the Corporate CPE Network to provide corporate professionals with information, recommendations and best practices to educate them on new tax law and accounting requirements.

The National Society of Accountants has sent a letter to every member of Congress urging them to enact legislation to support a Tax Practitioners Bill of Rights that the organization issued in June and increase funding for the Internal Revenue Service.

The Internal Revenue Service is cautioning taxpayers and tax practitioners against the newest scams as losses top $20 million in money stolen from victims by fraudsters claiming to work for the IRS and other government agencies, including the Department of Motor Vehicles.

CFOs have a more favorable view of the U.S. and world economy so far this year, according to a new survey.

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges Thursday alleging that Miller Energy Resources Inc., its former chief financial officer, and its current chief operating officer inflated values of oil and gas properties, resulting in fraudulent financial reports for the Tennessee-based company.

Former Internal Revenue Service commissioner Mark Everson has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission objecting to being left out entirely of Fox News’s Republican presidential debate.

Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee have released a bipartisan investigative report on the scandal involving the extra scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service’s gave to applications for tax-exempt status from political groups, finding evidence of mismanagement at the agency.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted a final rule requiring public companies to disclose the ratio of the compensation of their CEOs to the median compensation of their employees.

The global economy is facing a period of volatility and major readjustments, according to a new survey of accountants around the world from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants.

Small businesses experienced a slowdown in employment growth in July, compared to previous months, according to Intuit, although employees were paid slightly more and worked additional hours.