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The Labor Department has decided to delay and reconsider a proposal to expand its definition of the term “fiduciary.”

I discovered yesterday that a gift card that was supposed to expire this month, according to the front of the card, actually expired over a year ago.

The “say on pay” disclosure provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will not help the boards of public companies better manage executive compensation, according to a new survey by accounting and consulting firm BDO USA.

The Internal Revenue Service’s IRS2Go smartphone application has been judged to be secure, but a new government report criticizes the agency for using a non-approved programming development language and skirting the traditional approval process.

The International Federation of Accountants has begun an executive search for a CEO to succeed incumbent Ian Ball, whose contract expires in February 2013 and who is not seeking another term.

Financial Accounting Standards Board chair Leslie Seidman said that many of the priority projects slated for convergence with the International Accounting Standards Board probably will not be settled until next year at the earliest.

Financial Accounting Standards Board chair Leslie Seidman argued Tuesday that the board has been increasing its outreach to private company accountants as FASB awaits a report from the trustees of its parent organization on whether oversight of private company accounting standards should be handed to a separate board.

Three Texas Society of CPAs student members have been honored with two different accounting scholarships.

IMGCAP(1)]As an accountant, I have a unique vantage point to observe how entrepreneurs change their decisions based on tax policy.