Michael Cohn

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued an accounting standards update to improve specific areas of consolidation guidance for legal entities such as limited partnerships, limited liability corporations and securitization structures.

The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday it would begin a limited test at 10 of its Taxpayer Assistance Centers to determine whether an appointment-based service approach at its walk-in centers might help reduce taxpayer wait times during a time of severe budget cuts at the agency.

The Rhode Island Society of CPAs is trying to re-imagine the traditional financial statement.

The Private Company Council, a sister organization of the Financial Accounting Standards Board that represents the interests of privately held companies, has expressed major concerns about FASB’s project on the balance sheet classification of debt.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. has appointed Punit Renjen as global CEO of the Big Four international accounting firm network.

The American Institute of CPAs sent a comment letter Friday to the Internal Revenue Service about two interpretive issues.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice proposing some requirements for employee consents that can be used to support a claim for refund of employment taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a new revenue procedure that aims to make it easier for small business owners to comply with the final tangible property repair regulations.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Conflict Minerals Task Force has developed two new Q&A documents on conflict mineral disclosures mandated under the Dodd-Frank Act.

The Internal Revenue Service delivered a progress report Thursday on tax season so far, noting that it has issued 19.7 million refunds worth more than $66 billion, up slightly from last year’s totals.

Deloitte LLP made a historic move this week, naming Cathy Engelbert as the first female CEO of a Big Four accounting firm.

The Institute of Internal Auditors has issued a practice guide for providing competent internal audits in the public sector.

It may make for grim reading, but the American Institute of CPAs has just issued guidance on new mortality tables from an actuarial group.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US (formerly known as CCH) has released a new report examining the tax implications of the White House’s recently released budget blueprint for fiscal year 2016.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board have been holding a series of meetings of their Joint Transition Resource Group as they prepare for implementation of their converged standard on revenue recognition.

The Indiana CPA Society’s CPA Center for Excellence has steered its first CPA firm through its new advisory services program.

The American Institute of CPAs has opened a new Web site that showcases the value that CPAs can provide to small business clients.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Fresh Start Initiatives have helped thousands of struggling taxpayers resolve their outstanding tax liabilities, but tax revenue collection could be jeopardized by potential risks, according to a new report.

Massachusetts CPAs who are still digging out from a record-shattering wave of heavy snowstorms this winter may have one thing to cheer: a new benefits package of health and dental insurance, along with other services, offered by the Massachusetts Society of CPAs.

The Internal Revenue Service is facing not only a budget crunch this tax season, but also rampant identity theft.