Accountants are no different than anyone else at the company during holiday time. We get swept up in heartwarming nostalgia when we hear holiday music, smell and taste delicious baked goods, and are invited to extend our lunch hours or leave the office early to get our shopping done before the crowds.

The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to withdraw and, if necessary, re-propose their rules for the valuation of interests in corporations and partnerships for estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax purposes.

Officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Center for Audit Quality discussed the effort to rein in the use of non-GAAP financial measures during an American Institute of CPAs conference Monday.

President-elect Donald Trump warned U.S. companies that moving manufacturing to other countries would be a “very expensive mistake” as they will face heavy new taxes—an approach likely to face resistance from lawmakers in his own party.

Audit deficiencies at public companies decreased for the first time in five years in 2015, but remain high, according to a new analysis.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Financial Reporting Executive Committee has issued new working drafts on how the new revenue recognition rules will affect certain industries, including airlines and gaming.

Company audit fees rose by a median 3.2 percent in 2015, according to a new study.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued a proposed Implementation Guide to help users better understand and apply the board’s statements.

The IRS has extended the 2017 due date for employers and coverage providers to furnish information statements to individuals – but the due date for filing with the IRS has not been extended.

Automobile manufacturer Tesla Motors is dropping the use of some non-GAAP financial measures in its earnings releases after receiving several letters from the Securities and Exchange Commission criticizing the practice.

Small businesses in the U.S. on average pay an extra $5,128 in taxes to make up for revenue lost to the use of offshore tax havens by multinational corporations, according to a new study.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s comment letters to public companies on their tax disclosures are prompting better tax compliance, according to a new study.

Vinci SA fell victim to a fake release claiming the French builder had fired its finance chief amid accounting irregularities, prompting the stock to plunge before the company denied the report.

Donald Trump’s incoming administration may decide to make some changes in tax policy for household employers and employees, including an idea that Trump credited to his daughter Ivanka to allow parents to deduct childcare expenses from their taxes.

Wesley R. Bricker has been named chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission, succeeding James Schnurr, who is retiring.

The Internal Revenue Service is changing the process for requesting documents from tax-exempt groups.

The Internal Revenue Service is extending the due dates for some information reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act.

Financial executives are coping with an onrush of new accounting standards that are taking effect in the next few years, along with demands from the Securities and Exchange Commission to temper their companies’ reliance on non-GAAP measures.

Public companies in the U.S. recorded $57 billion in goodwill impairment last year, more than double the amount of impairment they recorded the previous year, according to a new study.