Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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Passage of the House’s health-care bill gives the Obamacare repeal effort new life after months of wrangling, but key Republican senators are already pushing it aside to write their own bill with no clear timetable to act.
May 5 -
The Internal Revenue Service released the 2018 inflation-adjusted limitations for health savings accounts Thursday.
May 4 -
House Republicans mustered just enough votes to pass their health-care bill Thursday, salvaging what at times appeared to be a doomed mission to repeal and partially replace Obamacare under intense pressure from President Donald Trump to produce legislative accomplishments.
May 4 -
The U.S. Senate confirmed lawyer Jay Clayton to run the Securities and Exchange commission, President Donald Trump’s first major Wall Street regulator to take office as the administration pushes to roll back financial regulations.
May 3 -
The Center for Audit Quality, the Council of Institutional Investors and CFA Institute have written a joint letter to the leaders of the House Financial Services Committee objecting to legislation that would weaken some key provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Act.
May 2 -
Simplification may call for firms and practices to adopt new models and approaches.
May 2 -
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants welcomed top officials from some of the world’s leading accounting organizations to an event highlighting the growing importance of integrated reporting.
April 26 -
The IFRS Foundation, the group that oversees the International Accounting Standards Board and its work on International Financial Reporting Standards, issued its annual report for 2016 on Tuesday, with a look ahead at where global standards are expected to go this year.
April 25 -
Observers are starting to move their predictions for change back to 2018.
April 25 -
The number of public companies filing their financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission has shrunk dramatically in recent decades, according to a new report.
April 24 -
Now that the political battles of the 1990s are past, FASB should be able to correct these deficient practices.
April 24 -
The president is directing the Treasury to review regs to see if they’re too burdensome.
April 21 -
Administration officials are suggesting it might not be revenue-neutral.
April 21 -
The Internal Revenue Service has released a revenue procedure that provides guidance on several aspects of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, including the expensing of section 179 property, the additional first-year depreciation deduction, and the qualified Indian reservation property depreciation provision.
April 21 -
The president is signing an executive order Friday directing Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to review any significant tax regulations from last year, especially those that might burden Americans.
April 21 -
A gold industry trade group is looking to set up a common financial reporting framework for the lucrative commodity.
April 20 -
The American Institute of CPAs is toughening the rules after a critical report from the Labor Department about the quality of ERISA audits.
April 20 -
The former Microsoft CEO has launched a new organization to share data about the U.S.
April 19 -
Nominations for the Private Company Council are due by April 24.
April 18 -
Whether it goes before health care or after, it’s likely to be much later in the year.
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