Michael Cohn

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.

The Internal Revenue Service failed to comply with Freedom of Information Act requirements for about 11 percent of the requests it received for information, according to a new report.

A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for threatening to assault and murder an Internal Revenue Service agent and his family.

While there are many well-equipped organizations for accountants in the United States and Europe, much of the developing world is still missing robust groups that can foster development of ethical practices for accountants and look out for their interests.

H&R Block is debuting a new program to encourage consumer savings at tax time, working with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the U.S. government agency charged with making financial markets work for American consumers, to encourage consumers to use tax refunds to build savings.

Ernst & Young plans to recruit approximately 6.500 experienced professionals in the U.S. in its 2015 fiscal year, which started on July 1, 2014, along with nearly 9,000 students, for a total of 15,500 anticipated recruits in the U.S.

ADP has added new capabilities to help employers determine a potential job candidate’s eligibility for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit using a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Employee Benefit Plans Expert Panel has developed some new practice aids to provide nonauthoritative guidance about the effects of recent accounting standards relating to the liquidation basis of accounting on employee benefit plans.