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Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, want to make the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s actions against auditing firms and auditors more transparent.

The Summa Holdings ruling may be part of a broader push back against the doctrine.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released an “omnibus” statement providing guidance on a wide range of accounting and financial reporting issues that have been uncovered during the implementation and application of some of GASB’s earlier pronouncements for state and local governments.

The Internal Revenue Service is adding extra staff starting Tuesday to help tax professionals reinstate their e-Services accounts.

This year’s filings are still behind last year; more and more tax pros won’t be vacationing after April 18; and other statistics as of the middle of the this year's filing period.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has sanctioned a former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes in Brazil for audit failures involving Sara Lee Corporation.

The tax-fraud case may leave the Swiss bank open to a fine of as much as 4.9 billion euros ($5.3 billion).

One scheme asks preparers and taxpayers to redirect their tax refunds.

More women and minorities are becoming CFOs at Fortune 500 companies, according to new research.

Accountants around the world are increasingly coping with a talent shortage.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its highly anticipated scoring of the American Health Care Act this week, and many commentators have observed that several of the CBO's findings will make the legislation a tougher sell for Republicans.

The 36 franchisees added in the last year have bought 125 territories from the tax prep chain.

A few weeks after the national election, the Internal Revenue Service began to issue notices to employers who may have failed to comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

A pair of former PricewaterhouseCoopers employees received reduced prison sentences after they exposed the secret tax breaks offered by Luxembourg to some multinational companies such as Apple, Ikea, Walt Disney, PepsiCo and Microsoft’s Skype.

Poll finds CMAs generally earn more than those without the certification.

The Anti-Fraud Collaboration, a coalition of the Center for Audit Quality, Financial Executives International, the Institute of Internal Auditors and the National Association of Corporate Directors, has released a new report on how organizations on can deter fraud and improve financial reporting.

Business taxpayers affected by the winter storm can apply for extra time until March 20.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has given its approval to the 2017 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy, the annually updated set of accounting standards built using computer-readable tags.

The Internal Revenue Service is continuing to face challenges with identity theft and taxpayer service this tax season, although there have been some improvements since last year.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued its annual notice providing adjustments to the limitation on housing expenses at various locations abroad.