Financial Planning

The American Institute of CPAs is teaming up with other groups to help accountants cope with natural disasters, as well as learn more about the environmental, social and governance area.

State legislators passed a bill that would leapfrog the Securities and Exchange Commission's efforts to require companies to disclose their greenhouse gases and climate-related financial risks.

Corporate controllers can play an important role in environmental, social and governance reporting as the U.S. and other countries prepare to impose new reporting requirements.

The tax-focused financial planning and wealth management company that partners with accounting firms is going private and joining a larger financial firm.

The SEC's recently finalized rule on private fund advisors will impose new requirements.

The trend toward digitization of government data has been affirmed as a priority by the passage of recent legislation.

The service mistakenly sent out late notices to retirement plan sponsors due to a programming glitch.

Educational assistance programs can help employees cope with the resumption of payments through a tax-free fringe benefit.

The International Federation of Accountants issued a call to action to the G20 finance leaders urging them to focus more on sustainability as a way to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

Strongly governed firms outperform their peers on a wide variety of metrics.