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The crypto industry is flooding Washington with money, snapping up lobbying firms, and building up their trade associations in an effort to curb new rules.

The board has a new leader, Erica Williams, after its new chair was sworn in Monday by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a virtual ceremony.

When companies suddenly replace their auditing firms, the required SEC disclosures are often vague and may be a signal of a forthcoming restatement, but timing is a crucial factor.

The GRT, SRT and DQCRT are available for review, but still await final SEC approval.

The SEC said it would begin identifying companies that are using non-inspected auditors.

Some expressed concerns about lower levels of enforcement, while one suggested the board suffered from a credibility gap.

New forms’ questions; taxpayers behaving badly; why people leave; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Corporate directors and executives aren’t supposed to use privileged information about their companies to enrich themselves at the investing public’s expense.

ARA Holdings Inc. is settling for a $2 million penalty.

The staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission released guidance Monday for companies about how to properly recognize and disclose compensation costs for “spring-loaded awards” they hand out to executives.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is regrouping with a slate of new board members recently appointed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and it approved its fiscal year 2022 budget during a rare open meeting on Tuesday.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed longtime SEC official Erica Y. Williams as the new chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and named three new members.

The commission approved a rule to ensure the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board can inspect firms in other countries, especially China.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board proposed an accounting standards update Monday that would modify the disclosure requirements for interim financial reporting.

The top executives of a defunct cybersecurity company were charged with duping investors.

The foundation is mulling changes in how it uses the term “materiality” to avoid legal and regulatory conflicts for companies disclosing their sustainability efforts.

The Big Four firm is broadening its array of services to help clients deal with growing demands for sustainability and climate risk reporting and assurance.

U.S. regulators have long said they’re dubious about the green and socially conscious labels that Wall Street applies to $35 trillion in so-called sustainable assets. Now, the watchdogs are hunting for proof that they’re right.

The company settled claims that it engaged in an expense-management scheme that resulted in inflated earnings.

Two members of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Rebekah Goshorn Jurata and Megan Zietsman, jointly announced Monday they plan to resign by Oct. 1, or earlier if new board members are named.