Financial Planning

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released implementation guidance with questions and answers to explain and elaborate on some of its recent standards.

Workers are forced to draw on their 401(k) retirement savings for more immediate needs, according to a new survey by PwC.

The updates will go into effect starting with the November 2018 exam.

The private equity firm has bought a provider of financial software and information on private companies that caters to accounting firms and banks.

The organization is seeking research papers on a number of topics for its third annual Academic Research Colloquium next February.

Private colleges facing a new endowment tax may “behave strategically” to avoid paying it, according to a study published Thursday by a senior researcher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

Late last year, some hedge fund managers raced to protect their personal fortunes from being carved up by the Republican tax law.

The American Institute of CPAs has written a letter to the Internal Revenue Service asking the IRS to provide maximum flexibility in its regulations for the new centralized partnership audit regime.

Cash-rich companies that had been some of the biggest buyers of corporate bonds have started selling their holdings after tax law changes, according to Bank of America Corp. strategists.

Tax knowledge is considered to be the most important factor when choosing a financial advisor, according to a new survey, which also found the CPA credential to be the one most associated with financial advice.