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The institute released the pair of reports as companies increasingly rely on their CFOs and accounting departments to help them survive beyond the coronavirus pandemic.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation unit has been initiating fewer investigations of abusive tax return preparers this past year, while also recommending fewer prosecutions, and seeing fewer indictments and prison sentences this year.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is giving state and local governments extra time to implement its new leases standard because of the coronavirus pandemic, and they will need it.

The board has been making changes to its strategic plans and agenda in response to the pandemic as it sees auditors doing more work remotely.

The percentage of workers asking for compensation for work-from-home expenses with their employers hasn’t gone up significantly since the outbreak of COVID-19.

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The association’s annual report details a difficult year.

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Practitioners share how they handled charging for stimulus services, and interacting with clients.

The service is rolling out new systems and expanding forms that can be electronically filed by tax-exempt organizations.

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has deferred the effective dates of several upcoming standards and amendments amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Unemployment declined 1 percentage point to 6.9 percent as the economy continues a slow recovery despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Wages are set to go up in Florida after voters passed a minimum wage ballot initiative in Tuesday’s election.

The board is postponing the effective date of its long-duration insurance standard for a year and making it easier to adopt it early.

Having started his transition at the beginning of the pandemic, Board Chair Richard Jones now faces the uncertainty of the presidential election and what Congress might do with accounting standards.

The latest scheme claims to need a taxpayer’s bank account information to direct deposit a stimulus payment.

As firms begin preparing for the busy season, what have we learned about hiring, training and working in a pandemic, and how can we prepare for the new normal?

Intercompany pricing corrections now can help generate cash by utilizing tax net operating losses.

The coronavirus and uncertainty over the election are slowing down employment gains.

The burgeoning industry is doing well in the pandemic, making it a hotter niche than ever.