Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is calling on Congress to allow the Internal Revenue Service to give the Department of Education information on the income of student loan borrowers, warning that student loan applicants are misrepresenting their income and family size to qualify for reduced payment plans.
July 29 -
The American Institute of CPAs sent a set of recommendations to the Internal Revenue Service on the application of excise taxes to donor-advised funds.
July 29 -
When it comes to corporate transparency, the United States is at a crossroads.
July 29 -
The U.K. retailer reported a surprise tax bill of almost $750 million, the departure of its financial chief and deepening woes at department-store chain House of Fraser.
July 29 -
The proposal positions the Democratic presidential candidate between rivals Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden on a contentious issue.
July 29 -
At the top of the list is one particularly vexing provision: the section 199A qualified business income deduction.
July 26 -
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a revenue procedure giving some partnerships extra time to file a Form 1065 and the accompanying Schedule K-1.
July 25 -
By the end of this year, as much as $3 trillion in lease liabilities will have landed on the balance sheets of our nation’s public companies.
July 25 -
The legislation would remove language like “husband” and “wife” from the tax code to accommodate same-sex couples and let them claim pre-2013 tax refunds.
July 25 -
Despite the many factors beyond a company’s control when going public, management can take steps to prepare for a pricing window and successfully time an IPO.
July 25 -
Despite unprecedented advances in workplace technology, many accounting and finance professionals continue to struggle with highly manual and inefficient month-end close processes.
July 23 -
With the stock market at record highs, more companies are considering going public, but they need to make sure their accounting is in order before they file.
July 22 -
The Internal Revenue Service posted three revenue procedures Monday of special interest to the insurance industry.
July 22 -
The Global Reporting Initiative has started looking at how the UN's Sustainable Development Goals can influence business reporting and the adoption of new business models.
July 22 -
Beyond the headline changes lurk a number of interesting intricacies.
July 22 -
The legislation would gradually raise the minimum wage by 2025 from its current level of $7.25 but is unlikely to advance in the Senate.
July 18 -
Internal auditors can’t have a positive reputation in such a carefully scrutinized field unless they provide the information needed to make well-informed decisions.
July 18 -
Grant Halloran takes over from Dave Kellogg, who stepped down earlier this year when Host Analytics was acquired by Vector Capital.
July 18 -
Liquor stores can’t claim a hot new U.S. tax break designed to create jobs in poor communities. One of the biggest property developers for marijuana ventures says it can.
July 18 -
The House voted overwhelmingly to repeal a tax Wednesday intended to fund the Affordable Care Act, preserving tax breaks for employer-sponsored insurance plans favored by large corporations.
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