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The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing a set of amendments to the auditor independence rules that have been in place since the early 2000s, allowing firms more leeway in determining conflicts of interest and shortening the lookback period for clients planning to go public.

Many consumer industry companies extend credit or hold significant financial assets. If yours is one of them, it’s time to gear up for the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard.

How about a “Christmas” letter about your practice, describing how you did professionally, what you wish you had done and what you now resolve to do next year?

Software vendors share how to make filing easier with technology.

Technology should be an ongoing part of your business.

The Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations last week on opportunity zone funds, but while they answer some of the questions, many other issues remain that are likely to prompt questions from tax clients.

For tax year 2018 filings, the IRS made a drastic change to the Form 1065, U.S. Return of Partnership Income, that went unnoticed by most practitioners.

Rea & Associates complete annual Help Can Hunger competition; KPM promotes six; and more CPA news.

There is considerable dysfunction in many smaller firms when it comes to management and corporate governance.

It’s no surprise that accounting professionals tend to be exacting about their work.

The TCJA and Wayfair continue to dominate the landscape.

New OECD proposals want to harmonize tax regimes around the globe.

Foreign intrigue; stealing green; bringing it home; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The International Accounting and Assurance Standards Board has released a revised standard for identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatements.

Companies are using “clawbacks” to recover incentive compensation that was given to executives through erroneous financial reporting while lowering their effective tax rates, but clawback adoption could be having some negative consequences, according to a new study.

The Public Interest Committee, which oversees the standard-setting activities of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board, has initiated a public survey on the governance arrangements at the IPSASB to gauge perceptions of the standard-setting group’s oversight.

Business leaders will be contending with ongoing economic uncertainty and unknown future regulatory changes, along with accounting and tax changes, that could have an impact on their ability to effectively compete and achieve their financial targets in 2020 and beyond, according to a recent report.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has released a document providing information from its conversations with nearly 400 chairs of audit committees.

As 2019 rapidly wraps up and 2020 looms on the horizon, it seems an appropriate time to take a step back and reflect on the numerous changes and shifts that have occurred in the blockchain and cryptoasset spaces.

Today’s complex and highly integrated business environment often requires multiple stakeholders to take part in decision-making.