Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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The Internal Revenue Service is giving homeowners whose homes were damaged by deteriorating concrete foundations more time on a safe harbor it issued last year.
February 9 -
President Trump just signed and enacted a two-year budget bill that extends government funding through March 23 and also retroactively extends numerous tax breaks that had previously expired.
February 9 -
More than 100 members of the Georgia Society of CPAs recently visited the state capitol building in Atlanta to press lawmakers about the issues of most importance to accountants.
February 9 -
The bipartisan budget deal signed into law Friday by President Trump contains 36 tax extenders that had expired at the end of 2016 and makes them retroactive to 2017.
February 9 -
President Donald Trump signed a two-year budget agreement that will boost federal spending by almost $300 billion and suspend the debt ceiling for a year, ending a brief partial government shutdown that began at midnight when lawmakers missed a funding deadline.
February 9 -
Tucked inside the bipartisan budget deal are a slew of tax breaks for NASCAR, Hollywood, racehorses and rum. And beer, too.
February 9 -
A new academic study scrutinizes how bias may play a role when an auditor used to work in the same accounting firm as the CFO of the company being audited.
February 8 -
The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Internal Revenue Service to provide relief from tax penalties to taxpayers who are required for the first time to file information returns related to Controlled Foreign Corporations.
February 8 -
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will nominate California tax attorney Charles “Chuck” Rettig to lead the Internal Revenue Service as it puts the Republican tax overhaul into practice.
February 8 -
Ever since the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the headlines have been buzzing about the resulting income tax consequences for individuals and businesses, but what about the intersection with estate planning?
February 8 -
Audit committees at public companies should be aware of some of the accounting implications of the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, according to a new report from Ernst & Young.
February 8 -
What is IFRS 16, how will it affect your business and what do you need to do to ensure your leasing arrangements remain compliant?
February 8 -
The Internal Revenue Service is expected to refund disabled veterans an estimated $78 million that was wrongly withheld from their disability severance pay.
February 7 -
Tax cuts signed by an America First president are turning out to be a major boon to some of the world’s biggest automakers—except those based in the U.S.
February 7 -
President Donald Trump plans to nominate California tax attorney Charles “Chuck” Rettig to head the Internal Revenue Service as it implements the nation’s tax code revamp, according to a person familiar with the deliberations.
February 6 -
With the passage of the sweeping tax overhaul, small businesses and entrepreneurs are scrambling to understand how the changes will affect them.
February 6 -
Changes to the treatment of alimony will have a big impact.
February 6 -
The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 won’t affect the tax year 2018 dollar limitations for retirement plans the IRS had announced last year.
February 6 -
A practitioner dives into the details of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
February 6 -
The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the American Institute of CPAs have released the eighth edition of the Uniform Accountancy Act, with some important changes, particularly related to “retired accountants” and continuing professional education.
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