Michael Cohn

The International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators released a new report Tuesday showing continuing high levels of significant deficiencies in the audits of public companies by auditing firms around the world.

Payroll and HR technology giant ADP is offering accountants and their small-business clients free access this tax season to the ADP HR HelpDesk through April 30, 2015.

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee released a new report Tuesday, “How Tax Pros Make the Code Less Fair and Efficient: Several New Strategies and Solutions,” in conjunction with a hearing on “Fairness in Taxation.”

The Internal Revenue Service is continuing its enforcement push against refund fraud and identity theft, and today announced the Top Ten Identity Theft Prosecutions for Fiscal Year 2014.

The Sleeter Group, which hosts a popular conference for accounting technology consultants, has been acquired by Diversified Communications, a family-owned, international media company with a 65-year history.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Large Business & International division has opened a gateway that financial institutions and the tax authorities abroad can use to send information on financial accounts held by U.S. taxpayers in accordance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

The Internal Revenue Service is auditing the taxes of fewer businesses as a result of budget cuts in recent years.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said he plans to introduce legislation to deny undocumented immigrants who qualify under President Obama’s executive action on immigration reform the ability to claim the Earned Income Tax Credit for previous years.

The Internal Revenue Service said Monday that farmers and fishermen who miss this year’s March 2 tax deadline because they are receiving corrected premium tax credit forms from the Healthcare.gov health insurance marketplace will have until April 15, 2015, to file their 2014 returns and pay any tax due.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released finalized guidance on accounting and financial reporting issues related to fair value measurements, primarily applying to investments made by state and local governments.

The Internal Revenue Service has released a notice that provides guidance to employers on the requirements for employee consents used by an employer to support a claim for refund of over-collected Social Security tax and Medicare tax.

The Internal Revenue Service reportedly sent a tax lien for $6,410,449.20 to Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro for his 2013 taxes, but it has now been paid after the notice went to the wrong address.

The Internal Revenue Service has changed the mailing address for Form 3115, Application for Change in Accounting Method.

The New York-based accounting firm Mitchell & Titus recently celebrated its 40th anniversary as one of the oldest and most prominent minority-controlled firms in accounting.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Auditing Standards Board has issued a new attestation standard for agreed-upon procedures engagements related to asset-backed securitizations.

The Financial Accounting Foundation’s board of trustees is reaching out for comments on how well the Private Company Council has been performing.

Barry MacQuarrie of Cloud Accounting Connects and SocialCPAs is surveying accountants about their use of cloud technology.

CFOs began 2015 with improved optimism about the U.S. economy and their businesses, despite mounting concerns about the global economy, according to a new survey.

The owner of several Liberty Tax Service franchises has been arrested after he was caught by police in the act of trying to drown his baby in a sink after brutally assaulting his wife.

New York City’s Department of Consumer Affairs found Thursday that one in four tax preparers do not comply with the city’s Consumer Protection Law.