Michael Cohn

Regulators have been clamping down on auditors of broker-dealers in recent years in response to the lack of meaningful audits of Bernard Madoff’s investment firm and other scandals uncovered during the financial crisis.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has released a new alert from the PCAOB staff warning auditors about deficiencies that have been seen in audits of revenue figures.

A new report from Institute of Management Accountants and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants stresses the importance of strong partnerships between the finance department and other business departments to deliver data insights for better decision support.

The House has passed legislation that would toughen the penalties for criminals who engage in identity theft through stolen tax returns.

The National Society of Accountants honored a number of accountants and NSA Affiliated State Organizations who made strong contributions to the accounting profession at its 69th Annual Meeting in Baltimore.

A pair of CPAs have filed a class-action complaint against the Internal Revenue Service challenging IRS regulations requiring tax practitioners to annually register and pay a fee to the agency to obtain and maintain a Preparer Tax Identification Number.

The majority of audit committees at Fortune 100 companies are disclosing more information than in years past, especially about their assessment of their outside auditing firm, according to a new report.

A singer known as Remy has written a tongue-in-cheek love song revolving around the Internal Revenue Service’s recent scandals involving its loss of emails from Lois Lerner, the former director of the IRS’s Exempt Organizations unit.

Companies in the U.S. are falling short in the delivery of their base pay and annual incentive programs, according to new research, and are not differentiating pay for their best performers as much as in recent years.

The Internal Revenue Service is offering a free online program to help teachers, students and others who may be interested learn the “hows” and “whys” of taxes.

The Institute of Internal Auditors has released a new practice guide demonstrating how the internal audit function can help businesses keep running in the event of a cyberattack or a natural disaster.

Thomson Reuters has published a new white paper with advice on how tax professionals can be better tax researchers.

Mahlon Rubin, CPA, 89, co-founder of RubinBrown, one of the nation’s largest accounting and business consulting firms, died Thursday.

The comedy team of Bob and Ray used to do a hilarious routine where a member of a group known as the Slow Talkers of America was interviewed by an impatient reporter, but being part of a slow-growing industry is no joke.

ACL has released new versions of its analytics software for audit, risk management and compliance professionals, and added new subscription services.

H&R Block president and CEO Bill Cobb is expecting problems next tax season due to the Affordable Care Act, now that the Internal Revenue Service has released some of the draft forms that will be needed, and pointed out that many taxpayers will no longer be able to file a simple Form 1040EZ.

A tax preparer who specializes in helping immigrants has pleaded guilty to willfully preparing false tax returns for clients.

An Internal Revenue Service employee who prepared tax returns on the side has been arrested on wire fraud charges in Florida.

Holders of the Certified Management Accountant certification enjoy greater earning power, according to a new salary survey by the issuer of the CMA credential.

The Internal Revenue Service intends to process complaints against tax preparers from their clients in a more timely way, in response to a new government report that found it had begun work on only about half the complaints it received since October 2012.