Michael Cohn

Hourly earnings and job growth for workers in small businesses remained mostly unchanged last month, according to payroll provider Paychex.

EisnerAmper added Prague & Co.; and GTM acquired the state income tax practice of DMA.

The board is mulling changes in its auditor independence standards for audits of collective investment schemes involving connected parties and pension funds.

The Internal Revenue Service has placed 50 senior IT leaders on administrative leave, as the union filed suit over a Trump order on collective bargaining.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's inspection staff found noticeable improvements in the deficiency rates of the six largest global auditing firms.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board made some preliminary proposals on accounting for severe financial stress and probable dissolution disclosures.

The institute's Accounting and Review Services Committee clarified a standard on financial statement prep that has major ramifications for CAS practices.

The Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation unit has a new initiative for engaging with financial institutions to uncover tax and financial fraud.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to end its defense of the climate-related disclosure rule it approved last year under the Biden administration.

The PS+ practice serves nearly 80 firms across the U.S. and Canada.

Suzan DelBene, D-Washington, and Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, introduced legislation to prevent Trump from reassigning IRS investigators to immigration enforcement.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and the International Sustainability Standards Board provided help with adopting their standards.

The Criminal Investigation unit of the Internal Revenue Service launched 2,039 tax and money laundering cases related to COVID fraud over the past five years.

The Internal Revenue Service's Direct File program is attracting interest this tax season, but lack of familiarity and budget cuts at the IRS may doom it.

The Treasury Department limited the scope of the Corporate Transparency Act's beneficial ownership reporting requirement to foreign companies.

The CFA Institute is urging accounting standard-setters to require more detailed disclosures of intangible assets before they're recognized on the balance sheet.

The CPA organizations sent a joint comment letter to the California Air Resources Board asking for changes in the state's climate risk disclosure rules.

The institute is asking the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service for greater clarity in their proposed regulations for the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022.

The Top 50 Firm based in Troy, Michigan has expanded into Tennessee with its latest M&A deal.

GASB released a study on utilization of GAAP among state and local governments and found all the states are using GAAP, but only about three-quarters of localities are.