Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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The days when big U.S. technology companies could easily slice tax bills in Europe are coming to an end.
August 31 -
The European Unions finding that Apple Inc. owes Ireland more than $14 billion in back taxes reveals the high cost the U.S. Treasury may pay by failing to keep pace in a global effort to stem corporate tax avoidanceand Apple might represent only the first major U.S. loss.
August 31 -
The SEC gave out its second-largest whistleblower award ever to a former Monsanto financial executive .
August 30 -
How can key players in the financial reporting process stay on the good side of non-GAAP use?
August 30 -
Non-GAAP reporting: Yes, its bad, but it doesnt have to be
August 29 -
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released on exposure draft proposing guidance on extinguishing debt prior to maturity.
August 29 -
The U.S. Army made trillions of dollars of adjustments to its financial data for fiscal year 2015 that are not adequately documented and supported, according to a recent report by the Defense Departments Inspector General.
August 29 -
The Internal Revenue Service has modified a policy it instituted earlier this year on not providing letter rulings or determination letters on certain tax questions related to distributions of stock of controlled corporations and will now provide them in two specific areas.
August 26 -
The Internal Revenue Service has released new guidance for taxpayers making certain elections and filing amended returns to take advantage of the tax extenders in last Decembers PATH Act for bonus depreciation.
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The Affordable Care Act has new surprises this year that can trip up employers and their advisors, experts warn.
August 25 -
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are providing new guidance on the requirements for professional employer organizations seeking voluntary certification, relaxing some of the original requirements for submitting written opinions and attestations from CPAs.
August 25 -
The Internal Revenue Service is offering a safe harbor for businesses using property that has been financed with tax-exempt bonds.
August 25 -
Jacob J. Lew looks set to close out his tenure as one of just two Treasury secretaries to serve during the Obama administration. Not since the days of Eisenhower has a two-term U.S. president had such stability at the helm of the Treasury Department.
August 25 -
Republican leaders of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee are asking the Treasury Department to go back to the drawing board on proposed regulations for changing the tax treatment of corporate debt and equity to curb corporate earnings stripping.
August 22 -
The Internal Revenue Service has created a new webpage with information to help people who participate in the so-called sharing economy get timely tax advice.
August 22 -
Top 20 Firm Marcum LLP led the second-quarter rankings among large firms for new Securities and Exchange Commission audit clients.
August 22 -
The Internal Revenue Services Chief Counsel has released its annual Priority Guidance Plan for 2016 to 2017.
August 19 -
Less than half of filings for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act have been accurate, according to a new survey.
August 19 -
Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting has introduced a new user interface for CCH Accounting Research Manager, its research system for financial reporting professionals.
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