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S-corp boom; cash management to-dos; how to spend the season before the season; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The AICPA’s framework for financial reporting could save the audit.

Online renewals will be much faster, the service says.

The IRS pushed back the deadline for 1095-Bs and Cs -- and said taxpayers can send in returns without them.

The Internal Revenue Service has proposed guidance on the new partnership audit regime that promises to make it easier for firms, if not all their partners, but with some extra complications added by the new tax reform law.

Republican lawmakers said they wanted to simplify the tax code so you could file your return on a postcard. It turns out the new tax law will be anything but simple for many affluent Americans, who are now inundating their accountants for advice.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is giving companies some leeway as they prepare their quarterly financial statements after passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Prager Metis extends Alzheimer’s Association partnership; Mazars USA commits to fight hunger; and more news from CPA offices across the country.

Normally right about now, many on Wall Street would be packing their bags for the Caribbean or the slopes. Not this year.

Brown Smith Wallace hires nine; WS+B promotes eight in marketing; LBMC adds seven professionals; and other recent hires, promotions and personnel news from firms across the country.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has released guides for both consumers and tax professionals to the new tax reform law that President Trump signed into law Friday.

Thomson Reuters’ Checkpoint Catalyst research service has added guidance on the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new impairment rules requiring companies to recognize estimated credit losses sooner.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has made available the 2018 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy along with the 2018 SEC Reporting Taxonomy, pending final acceptance by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The tax reform legislation that Congress approved Wednesday has a number of complexities that could prove problematic for tax professionals and their clients.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board said Wednesday it has imposed a $1.5 million civil penalty against Grant Thornton LLP and censure the firm for violations of quality control standards and for audit failures.

American Institute of CPAs president and CEO Barry Melancon issued a statement Wednesday following passage by Congress of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expressing disappointment that the bill doesn’t give CPA firms the same favorable tax treatment provided to other pass-through entities.

The payroll provider’s new tool includes a single dashboard for accountants to manage multiple clients.

Potential state-by-state effects of the tax reform bill; filing for the dead; the real power of IRS notices; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released a new Implementation Guide with questions and answers about GASB’s new standards on accounting and financial reporting for postemployment benefits other than pensions, such as retiree health care.

The American Institute of CPAs recognized 10 college-bound students who have completed advanced courses.