The Internal Revenue Service announced three changes Friday to the proposed rules for the new tax-favored Achieving a Better Life Experience, or ABLE, accounts for eligible disabled individuals that will be included in the final regulations when they are issued to make it easier for states to offer and administer ABLE programs.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have outlined additional steps they are taking to reduce the tax benefits of corporate inversions, and when possible, stop the transactions from occurring.

Interim CEOs engage in considerably more earnings manipulation than their permanent successors, according to a new study.

The U.S. Treasury Department plans to release additional guidance this week aimed at deterring corporate inversions, though it can’t stop such tax-avoidance moves without new authority from Congress, Secretary Jacob J. Lew said.

Companies are taking steps on their own to make their financial reports and disclosures more understandable, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service is making yearly adjustments to W-2 and 1099 forms, while adding brand new 1095 forms related to the Affordable Care Act to the list of required forms for filers this year.

Finance leaders are under pressure to better manage margins and earnings performance, cash flow and cybersecurity, according to a new survey.

It’s never too late in the year for you and your clients to get ready for next tax season.

A new study predicts the Securities and Exchange Commission’s final regulations on clawbacks of incentive based compensation for corporate executives could backfire and only encourage companies to avoid the kinds of financial restatements that might trigger a clawback.

The sharing economy has created untold numbers of micro-entrepreneurs, who provide services through digital-age apps.

Expense management software developer Certify has released its annual list of the most eye-opening business expenses submitted by travelers in the past year.

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules Friday to allow companies to offer and sell securities through crowdfunding.

Reporting of non-financial performance data is a problem for more than half of nonprofits, according to a new survey.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants held a panel discussion at St. John’s University in New York on Wednesday evening to discuss how accountants and C-suite executives need to manage business risks.

IBM’s Ginni Rometty is grappling with the second federal probe into revenue recognition in as many years—evidence of the accounting challenges technology companies like hers face as they shift from selling hardware to software services.

Crowe Horwath LLP has issued a year-end tax-planning guide with information on income tax deductions, investments, retirement and estate planning and tax rates, along with what to do about the uncertain state of the tax extenders legislation in Congress.

Daily fantasy-sports companies, at the center of legal and regulatory debate about whether their games are gambling, have agreed to the formation of a self-regulatory body led by former acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Seth Harris.

AccountantsWorld CEO Dr. Chandra Bhansali is warning about the tax season crunch that many accountants will be facing in a few months when their clients come in to not only do their taxes, but also close the books on their small businesses, while getting help complying with the Affordable Care Act.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. shares slumped as Chief Executive Officer J. Michael Pearson’s defense of the drugmaker’s accounting and ethics failed to resonate with investors fretting about its relationship with a mail-order pharmacy.

The oil and gas industry’s earnings season is barely underway, and already there’s been $6.5 billion in writedowns.