Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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Tax preparers and their clients should be paying attention to these changes for next tax season.
September 3 -
Will spreadsheets help in implementing the new lease standard?
August 30 -
The former Soviet republic of Georgia is another jurisdiction where interest payments must be reported.
August 27 -
The fifth largest accounting firm had problems with at least 15 audit clients.
August 27 -
Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron’s governments have struck a deal to end a feud over France’s tax on some tech giants.
August 26 -
An IRS revenue ruling explains what happens when a distribution check from a qualified plan isn’t cashed.
August 23 -
While there are many ways to hit a home run with OZ investments, there are also plenty of ways to strikeout.
August 23 -
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department issued a notice saying they intend to issue regulations for determining global intangible low-taxed income.
August 22 -
The president said he’s not looking to cut taxes by indexing capital gains as it would benefit the wealthy.
August 21 -
The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board has issued an interpretation of some recent standards involving cost provisions among multiple entities who are liable for cleanup costs.
August 21 -
The White House has been considering a move that would largely benefit the wealthy.
August 21 -
As President Trump’s advisers cast about for ways to juice the economy, temporarily trimming payroll taxes has fallen out of favor, and with good reason: Voters might not even notice it.
August 20 -
Economic indicators increasingly point to a potential downturn.
August 20 -
The Trump administration is mulling the possibility of temporarily cutting Social Security and Medicare taxes as a way to spur the economy.
August 19 -
The American Institute of CPAs’ Financial Reporting Executive Committee is offering some advice on issues related to the new credit losses standard.
August 16 -
A deadline is looming to maximize the stepped-up basis afforded to realized capital gains invested in qualified opportunity zone properties and businesses.
August 16 -
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released questions and answers about the recent standard on accounting and financial reporting for leases by state and local governments.
August 15 -
The board wants to give private companies, nonprofits, and certain small public companies extra time to implement new standards on CECL, leases and hedging.
August 15 -
General Electric shares plunged after a prominent whistle-blower working with a short-seller accused the company of masking financial problems.
August 15 -
The leaders of the Senate Finance Committee issued three summary reports from their internal task forces examining what to do about the perennial problem of temporary tax breaks that need to be extended every few years.
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