The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved rules from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to improve audit transparency by disclosing the names of audit engagement partners, along with information about other firms that participate in the audits.

A practical guide to movie production tax incentives

Now that public companies are required to use Extensible Business Reporting Language, or XBRL, in their financial filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the SEC is trying to make sure the data is appropriate and not hiding accounting gimmicks.

Donald Trump said “hedge fund guys are getting away with murder” when he called for ending a lucrative tax advantage for investment managers, but his published tax plan would give them an even bigger break.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in both the House and Senate are asking the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to remove the barriers to providing tax-exempt refinancing options for student debt.

President Barack Obama said Congress should pass legislation to rebuild U.S. infrastructure, raise the minimum wage and crack down on money laundering and tax evasion, after his administration released a plan to make it harder for people to hide money in the U.S.

Wesley Bricker, deputy chief accountant with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is echoing concerns from other top SEC officials about the over-reliance on non-GAAP measures in financial reporting.

The Obama administration renewed its push Thursday to make it harder for people to hide money in the U.S., jumping on momentum created by the release of leaked Panama legal documents to pressure Congress on proposals that have been languishing for years.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is considering changes in its approach to audit firm inspections and enforcement, according to PCAOB board member Jeanette Franzel.

The Internal Revenue Service has released temporary and proposed regulations implementing a new voluntary certification program for professional employer organizations, or PEOs.

Two years ago, the Supreme Court held in Lawson v. FMR that employees of contractors of public companies, including employees of accounting and audit firms, are protected under the whistleblower protection provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

The Internal Revenue Service is changing its procedures for resolving issues with corporate taxpayers through pre-filing agreements while also increasing the fees.

The Internal Revenue Service has released final and temporary regulations on the self-employment tax treatment of partners in a partnership that owns a disregarded entity and whether they can participate in employee benefit plans.

When Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. announced a merger with two overseas counterparts last August, the Atlanta-based bottler of Coke drinks in Western Europe said the deal had nothing to do with cutting its corporate tax bills.

Finance is changing, and that much is clearly evident whether you are employed at a public firm, private industry or academia.

The Internal Revenue Service’s computer systems miscalculated the allowable Premium Tax Credits for more than 27,000 taxpayers who received subsidies for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report.

Free lectures, admission to athletic games and concerts, even shuttles to Trader Joe’s are some of the perks that neighbors of Princeton University get from New Jersey’s only Ivy League school.

As a management accountant and a CEO, I know first-hand the field continues to grow and expand. I was happy to learn that the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects management accountants and auditors to experience double-digit growth through 2024.

Abbott Laboratories may be worried it has another Valeant on its hands in its proposed merger with Alere -- and investors should be on the lookout for future look-a-likes.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to settle charges with a Maryland firm and one of its partners that their surprise examinations of an investment advisor were inadequate.