Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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The Internal Revenue Service said that for the upcoming 2018 filing season, it will not accept electronically filed tax returns where the taxpayer does not address the health coverage requirements of the Affordable Care Act, the first tax season it has refused to accept such returns.
October 17 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board will be looking out for some major risk areas at audit firms in the months ahead.
October 16 -
It is a lot more than bitcoin, and will potentially transform the profession.
October 16 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose a number of amendments to simplify some disclosure requirements for public companies, along with investment advisers and investment companies.
October 16 -
Last quarter, General Electric Co. reported earnings of 28 cents a share. Also 13 cents a share, 19 cents a share and 15 cents a share—all at the same time.
October 16 -
The commission has given over $162 million to 47 different recipients.
October 12 -
SASB’s Jean Rogers discusses the board’s coming set of standards.
October 12 -
When the extent of their losses becomes clear, hurricane victims will want to know what tax help they're entitled to.
October 10 -
The House took a giant step on the path of tax reform by adopting a budget resolution for fiscal year 2018, while the Senate Budget Committee advanced its own version.
October 6 -
The Trump administration urged the overhaul of key rules underpinning trading in U.S. stock, bond and derivatives markets, calling on regulators to loosen dozens of restrictions.
October 6 -
The report is part of IASB’s better communication in financial reporting initiative.
October 5 -
Congressional leaders expect heavy lifting ahead.
October 5 -
The Treasury Department plans a set of actions to reduce eight tax regulations it identified earlier this year as burdensome.
October 4 -
The Internal Revenue Service released guidance Wednesday to give tax relief to residents of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands who have evacuated the islands or were unable to return because of Hurricanes Irma or Maria.
October 4 -
Even the most drastic changes to the Internal Revenue Code won’t diminish accounting and tax pros’ needs for tools that deliver in-depth, accurate info.
October 4 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has upgraded its EDGAR system and now supports the 2017 IFRS taxonomy for International Financial Reporting Standards using XBRL technology.
October 3 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board published a proposed accounting standards update Tuesday to clarify and get rid of some specific inconsistencies in key parts of GAAP.
October 3 -
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that the hackers who broke into its corporate filing system last year accessed two people’s personal information, a change from the agency’s previous assessment that it didn’t believe such data had been compromised.
October 3 -
In the first of a series of articles, Profs. Miller and Bahnson explore a new paradigm for corporate reporting.
October 3 -
Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeff Thomson unveiled a new campaign to emphasize the value of management accountants as more jobs fall prey to robots and automation.
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