Racial bias

Attitudes toward diversity, equity and inclusion are shifting in the profession — but slowly.

Scholars in the vanguard of finance, accounting, history and geography are seeing the impact of racial bias and property tax disparities in the $4 trillion U.S. municipal bond market.

Partners’ pay as a retention tool; volunteering to file; the global tax debate; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

In the first step in a multiphase agreement, NABA members will receive a subscription to a community and content hub for career development.

The study will start by looking at coronavirus-related stimulus payments.

A research team from Bentley University found that ethnic minority audit partners face significant bias and discrimination compared to their white counterparts.

The board proposed changing “comprehensive annual financial report” to “annual comprehensive financial report” because the abbreviation sounds like a racist term in South Africa.

As a fresh round of federal relief loans is getting distributed to U.S. small firms hit by a pandemic crisis that will soon stretch to a year, new research shows that last year’s tranches of the Paycheck Protection Program covered less than a month of business expenses.

Just like the industries that they cover, the lack of Black representation among news outlets acts as a barrier against understanding and eliminating systemic racism.

The flow of assets and capital in manager selection, municipal bonds and business and mortgage capital reveals forms of systemic racism that often get overlooked.