Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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Economic confidence in the U.S. rebounded strongly in the fourth quarter of last year, according to a new survey by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants.
January 17 -
Internal controls, the new lease accounting standard and cybersecurity are just some of the issues keeping financial executives up at night, according to a new survey by KPMG.
January 17 -
With 2018 now upon us, the new revenue recognition standard could have a big impact on your company and your finance team.
January 17 -
Fiscal-year companies and their accountants will have some calculating to do.
January 17 -
Steinhoff International Holdings NV’s accounting scandal is getting costly for U.S. banks.
January 17 -
Farewell, Ireland: it looks like corporate America will finally bring that cash home.
January 17 -
New York state would end income taxes on wage earners and make up the revenue with an employer payroll tax that’s federally deductible as part of a restructuring plan that Governor Andrew Cuomo is recommending to mitigate harmful effects of the new U.S. tax code.
January 17 -
GOP leaders in the House are testing whether rank-and-file Republicans will support a stopgap funding measure to keep the government open that also would delay some Obamacare taxes and provide money for a children’s health insurance program, lawmakers said.
January 17 -
Bloomberg Tax and Paychex have updated their technology to take into account the sweeping changes in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
January 16 -
The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers who owe more than $51,000 in tax debts they could have their passport applications or renewals denied unless they pay up.
January 16 -
They dodged a number of bullets, and other code changes could spur more giving, experts say.
January 15 -
The four-month trial of three former Tesco Plc U.K. executives accused of fraud and false accounting over a 250 million-pound ($341 million) profit black hole at the grocer is nearly at an end.
January 12 -
Businesses—especially smaller firms—may scale back on treating clients to major league baseball games, golf outings and the like after Congress and President Donald Trump ended a tax break for such entertainment.
January 12 -
In liberal bastions like metro New York and California, the Trump tax overhaul has been criticized as economic warfare. But as elements of the plan come into focus, tax experts are concluding that some of the most dire predictions for high-tax blue states—particularly surrounding the treatment of state and local taxes—may not pan out as feared.
January 12 -
Even though Congress passed the biggest tax overhaul in more than 30 years only a few weeks ago, there’s likely to be more tax-related legislation coming out in the very near future.
January 11 -
The New Jersey Society of CPAs is warning taxpayers in the Garden State that the New Jersey Division of Taxation isn’t letting them deduct the 2018 property taxes they prepaid last year on their 2017 state return after passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, though the move could still be helpful in terms of federal taxes.
January 11 -
The Internal Revenue Service released updated tax withholding tables for 2018 Thursday to reflect changes for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, amid warnings that the tables may not be accurate and will need further refinements.
January 11 -
Marisa Garcia, managing director of CohnReznick Advisory, explains why so many industries are still dragging their heels on adjusting to the new revenue rules.
January 11 -
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is boosting its starting hourly wage to $11 and delivering bonuses to employees, capitalizing on the U.S. tax overhaul to stay competitive in a tightening labor market.
January 11 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a one-page Q&A document Thursday from its staff letting private companies and nonprofits apply recent staff guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission on the tax accounting implications of the recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and plans future Q&A documents, along with an accounting standards update.
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