Michael Cohn

The Internal Revenue Service did not always follow its own internal procedures for undelivered tax lien notices, according to a new government report.

The IFRS Foundation has launched eIFRS Professional, a new way for accountants to access information online about International Financial Reporting Standards.

BDO USA LLP said Tuesday that Matthew Becker, Stephanie Giammarco and Christopher Orella have each been elected to three-year terms on the firm’s board of directors.

Deloitte’s digital unit has expanded CloudMix, a pre-configured, pre-integrated system that ties together several cloud technology products, by including software from Dell, Apttus, DocuSign and Box in the new version, CloudMix 2.0.

Accounting and consulting firm Moss Adams LLP has released its annual Year-End Tax Planning Guide outlining some of the key tax issues and potential pitfalls for next year.

Grant Thornton LLP said its fiscal year 2014 revenue was the highest in the firm’s history.

While the Internal Revenue Service has taken a number of actions to implement requirements of the Plain Writing Act, more needs to be done to ensure that letters and notices are understandable to taxpayers, according to a new government report.

Thomson Reuters said Tuesday it has been awarded a new multi-year contract from the Internal Revenue Service to provide research resources for the agency.

In the two years since the JOBS Act was signed into law, the annual number of initial public offerings in the U.S. has reached its highest level since 2007, but few companies are seizing all of the benefits that the JOBS Act offers Emerging Growth Companies, according to a new study.

The United Kingdom-based Institute of Financial Accountants is joining together with Australia’s Institute of Public Accountants to form one of the largest professional accounting organizations in the world dedicated to small and midsize firms.

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners is warning about the costs to organizations of being overly complacent about financial fraud.

The International Federation of Accountants has submitted a set of eight recommendations to G-20 government finance leaders on ways to support global growth and resilience.

The Internal Revenue Service said that the sequestration process could have an impact on the amount that certain small tax-exempt employers receive on the refundable portion of the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit.

Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., who chairs the House Small Business Committee, has sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service commissioner John Koskinen asking the IRS to do more outreach and education to help small businesses deal with the new forms required for the Affordable Care Act.

Payroll giant ADP has released a new report indicating that wage growth has been accelerating since the beginning of last year.

Internal Revenue Service commissioner John Koskinen has written a letter to the leaders of Congress’s main tax committees urging them to decide soon on what to do about extending dozens of expired tax provisions, or else next tax season and the processing of tax refunds could be delayed.

PricewaterhouseCoopers reported Tuesday that its global revenues in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014 increased 6 percent to $34 billion.

A tax return preparer in East Orange, N.J., has pleaded guilty to willfully preparing false tax returns for clients.

The staffing company Accounting Principals has released its 2015 salary guide for accounting and finance professionals.

Approximately 9,000 current and former female employees of KPMG are receiving notices this week about the opportunity to join a class-action lawsuit against the firm involving the Equal Pay Act, claiming they were paid less than their male counterparts.