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Jay Clayton, who has led the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for most of President Donald Trump’s term in office, said in a statement Monday that he will step down at the end of the year.

President Donald Trump spent months on the campaign trail taking credit for “opportunity zones,” a policy meant to encourage investment in distressed communities across the U.S. Joe Biden’s team sees potential in the idea, too.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is giving state and local governments extra time to implement its new leases standard because of the coronavirus pandemic, and they will need it.

The Internal Revenue Service intends to start “masking” sensitive information to safeguard taxpayers against the threat of identity theft.

These unconventional times call for concentrating on one or two areas of specialization, and exploiting those to the max.

Bober Markey Fedorovich adopts new governance structure; Citrin Cooperman promotes 16; and more CPA news.

BlueMail offers email-messaging hybrid app, and Tenenz debuts a free tax highlights video that firms can customize and use for lead generation.

The company is also promoting its erpCommerce product for Sage X3, which is designed to enable companies to launch a fully transactional and fully Sage ERP integrated website.

A new resource aims to help educate them on new requirements in those two areas.

Voters turned down Proposition 15, which would have changed how property taxes are assessed.