Michael Cohn

The Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada organization has published a new study on the evolving corporate reporting landscape, focusing particularly on sustainability issues.

In the first two quarters of 2015, there were 207 sales and use tax rate changes, up from 159 in the first six months of 2014, according to a new report.

An 85 percent majority of CPAs in New Jersey expect their businesses to grow in the coming year, according to a new survey.

The traditional summer ritual of back-to-school shopping is turning into more of a year-round endeavor, according to new surveys by Deloitte.

The American Institute of CPAs has revised two publications used by auditors of governmental and not-for-profit entities that spend federal awards and those who audit state and local government financial statements.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued an accounting standards update to simplify the measurement of inventory.

The Internal Revenue Service has released final regulations for filing a claim for credit or refund to provide guidance to taxpayers as to the proper place to file a claim for credit or refund.

Stephen A. Whitlock, the director of the Internal Revenue Service’s Whistleblower Office, has been named director of the IRS’s Office of Professional Responsibility, effective Aug. 3, 2015.

Marvel Entertainment Group, the company behind the superhero comic books and hit movies, landed in Tax Court this week, and lost a battle against the Internal Revenue Service.

The Internal Revenue Service has been scaling back its activities and using some of its budgeting flexibility to absorb funding cuts, according to a new government report.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board released an exposure draft proposing amendments to its International Standards on Auditing in response to recent proposals from International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants on how to respond to noncompliance with laws and regulations.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US has introduced a self-study e-learning program on the Internal Revenue Service’s tangible property repair regulations that comes with continuing professional education credits and a certificate of completion.

CPA Australia chief executive Alex Malley, who interviewed Neil Armstrong about his experience as the first man to set foot on the moon, is throwing his support behind an effort to help the Smithsonian Institution pay for preservation of the pioneering astronaut’s spacesuit.

The Internal Revenue Service’s oversight of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program has been “minimal,” according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has disciplined seven audit firms and seven auditors who worked at the firms for violations of the Engagement Quality Review standard and other requirements.

An estimated 24,237 taxpayers may have been adversely affected because the Internal Revenue Service did not follow requirements to notify the taxpayers’ representatives of the taxpayers’ rights related to notices of federal tax liens, according to a new report.

Institutional investors are expressing a high level of dissatisfaction with the types of sustainability-related information they are getting from companies, according to a new survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The union representing Internal Revenue Service employees is denouncing a provision in the pending highway funding bill that would require the Treasury Secretary to contract with private collection agencies as an offset for some of the costs of extending funding for the Highway Trust Fund.

The International Accounting Standards Board confirmed Wednesday a one-year deferral of the effective date of the revenue recognition standard to stay in alignment with the Financial Standards Accounting Board, which also recently decided to defer the standard for companies in the U.S.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ken., who is one of the Republican candidates running for President, demonstrated his tax reform chops by releasing a campaign video showing him destroying the 70,000-page U.S. Tax Code with a chainsaw, fire, and a wood chipper.