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The American Institute of CPAs’ Auditing Standards Board has decided to defer the effective dates of seven of its recently issued Statements on Auditing Standards because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Recipients of Social Security benefits, as well as railroad retirement and veterans benefits recipients, will need to act fast.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board published guidance Monday to improve accounting and financial reporting for public-public partnership arrangements — also known as P3s — along with public-private and availability payment arrangements (APAs).

Wipfli LLP, a Top 20 Firm based in Milwaukee, has added Tidestone Solutions, a technology consulting firm in Portland, Maine, effective April 16.

Ernst & Young must pay $10.8 million to an auditor who blew the whistle on wrongdoing at a Dubai gold refiner in another black eye for the U.K. accounting industry.

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently voted to exempt many smaller public companies from the Sarbanes-Oxley requirement for auditor attestations of their internal controls over financial reporting, but many companies have been able to bypass those audits anyway.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service are partnering with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to deliver economic impact payments automatically to veterans and their beneficiaries, without filling out extra forms, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition to resources and information on various pandemic-related frauds, taxpayers can email the services tips directly.

The Internal Revenue Service processed more than 80 million stimulus payments on April 10 in a centerpiece of a $2.2 trillion effort to shore up the battered U.S. economy.

Whitley Penn launches strategic consulting services practice; Illinois CPA Society announces 2019 Excel Award winners; and more CPA news.

People who receive Supplemental Security Income will automatically get economic impact payments from the federal government in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

In some cases, problems with the IRS payments may be due to tax preparers.

Major changes are required in client services, delivery models, staffing practices and management.

The IRS is suggesting a drop in cost from $33 to $21.

The Securities and Exchange Commission awarded the funds to a tipster who alerted the agency to financial misconduct occurring, partly, overseas.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is proposing to delay the effective dates of provisions for all Statements and Implementation Guides by one year.

Almost 1.2 million applications have been made since the launch of the program on April 3.

SCOTUS is holding a set of special telephone sessions next month.

Everyone suddenly needed a new mouse and keyboard, and nine other developments in technology from this past month and how they’ll impact your clients and your firm.

The Internal Revenue Service announced new tool Get My Payment, enabling taxpayers to check on their Economic Impact Payment date and update direct deposit information.