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The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants has proposed to strengthen the auditor independence standards in the ethics code to address long associations with audit and assurance clients.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was fined $25 million after sanitizing a report to regulators on sanctions and money-laundering controls for Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., New York’s top bank regulator said today.

A federal judge asked the Internal Revenue Service for more information on efforts it made to recover missing e-mail from the computer of an agency official at the heart of a quarrel between Congress and the Obama administration over scrutiny of Tea Party organizations.

Apps like DocuSign bring the oldest authentication method in the world into the 21st century.

Intuit announced that QuickBooks Online Advanced Certification will be available for its ProAdvisor Program beginning Nov. 5.

What happens when an employee leaves a company? What security risks should businesses be aware of after an employee leaves?

Deloite LLP has named Frank S. Friedman as the firm's new CEO, succeeding Joe Echevarria, who is retiring to focus on public service.

One time I got a client who was on the verge of going out of business and he asked if there was anything we could do to stop it from happening.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued new rules for changing a method of accounting for retail inventory.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a new one-page publication with information about exemptions to the health coverage requirements of the Affordable Care Act.

Governments that default on their sovereign debt could be falling victim to the absence of accrual accounting in most public sector entities, and the International Federation of Accountants wants to change that.

Weeks ahead of the next quarterly deadline for filing estimated taxes (September 15) marks a good moment to look at what these filers often do wrong.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., after announcing an average of two acquisitions a month this year, is learning the importance of doing your homework.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said they are continuing to hear from taxpayers who have received unsolicited calls from individuals demanding payment while fraudulently claiming to be from the IRS.

President Barack Obama won’t return campaign donations to executives, advisers and directors who have profited from offshore mergers that reduce corporate taxes using a technique he has called “unpatriotic.”

Senator Charles Schumer released a proposal today that would limit deductions available for U.S. companies that take a foreign address to reduce their taxes.

This year's tax planning is going to be heavily focused on accelerating deductions and maximizing tax credits, according to Evan Stephens, a tax manager at the business consulting and accounting firm Sensiba San Filippo.

A number of Internal Revenue Service contractor employees who did not undergo the required background checks had access to taxpayer data, according to a new government report.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged an accounting firm partner in Atlanta with insider trading in the stock of a client’s restaurant company while tipping off other clients, and he agreed to pay over $124,000 to settle the charges.