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Clients don’t want to be on the wrong side of any potential changes to tax law.

The outcomes of two elections in Georgia that are scheduled for Jan. 5 are expected to determine the balance of power in the Senate and may also have an impact on the kind of tax planning that accountants should be advising their clients to do.

Workload compression is a ubiquitous drain on our energies. It appears that staff tax season hours still increase every year.

Economic experts believe the current surge is not enough to stop continued losses incurred by various segments of economy.

The Treasury secretary will put the unspent CARES Act funding into an account that his presumed successor will soon need authorization from Congress to use.

The former Fed chair would be the first woman to head the Treasury.

Concerns are increasing over the growing spread of COVID-19 and the preparedness of the incoming administration to deal with vaccine distribution and other critical issues.

Writing a weekly column forces me to always be looking for ideas and has made me much more observant of what goes on in the public accounting profession as a whole and also within firms of all sizes.

France is hoping for a quick end to the simmering transatlantic trade battle over its tax on technology giants such as Facebook Inc. as soon as President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

New York authorities are seeking more records of Donald Trump's company’s communication with an engineer who helped appraise its property.

The American Institute of CPAs is firing back after a congressional hearing, asking for penalty relief for taxpayers dealing with the pandemic.

The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee said the Treasury Department “missed the mark” in new guidance that limits tax breaks for businesses that get their Paycheck Protection Program loans forgiven.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to amend the disclosure requirements in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis portion of financial reports.

The guidance clears up the tax treatment of expenses when a loan from the Paycheck Protection Program hasn’t been forgiven by the end of the year.

The pandemic is throwing a monkey wrench into plans for the Internal Revenue Service to reorganize itself to provide better taxpayer service.

Accountants are not known as writers; however, most of what we do is written.

Jay Clayton, who has led the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for most of President Donald Trump’s term in office, said in a statement Monday that he will step down at the end of the year.

President Donald Trump spent months on the campaign trail taking credit for “opportunity zones,” a policy meant to encourage investment in distressed communities across the U.S. Joe Biden’s team sees potential in the idea, too.

The investigation is looking into tax-free perks and benefits the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization may have received.