Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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Twenty-six percent of employers offering health benefits could be subject to the Affordable Care Acts tax on high-cost health plans, also known as the Cadillac plan tax, in 2018 unless they make changes to their plans, according to a new analysis.
August 26 -
The Internal Revenue Service is sending letters to taxpayers who received advance payments of the premium tax credit in 2014, but who have not yet filed their tax returns.
August 25 -
The SEC must get out of the way and let FASB tackle its to-do list
August 24 -
For a moment there, Donald Trump was starting to sound a lot like Bernie Sanders.
August 24 -
The two firms brought on the most new SEC audit clients
August 24 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced that the next meeting of its Investor Advisory Group.
August 19 -
The Financial Accounting Foundation has named Candace Wright as the next chair of the Private Company Council.
August 18 -
The American Institute of CPAs' Auditing Standards Board has issued a new exposure draft proposing amendments to the auditing standard on auditors reports.
August 17 -
After years of passing on more and more health-care costs to employees, companies are slowing their adoption of high-deductible plans next year, according to a survey of more than 100 large U.S. employers.
August 13 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an interpretive rule clarifying that whistleblowers are protected by retaliation by employers even if they have not reported their concerns to the SEC first.
August 11 -
Willingness to manipulate earnings helps individuals succeed in corporate accounting, according to a new academic study.
August 10 -
Noble Group, the commodity trader battling criticism of its accounting, stepped up its public defense by publishing an auditors report in support of its practices.
August 10 -
The Internal Revenue Service is warning tax preparers that clients who fail to file their tax returns for last year run the risk of missing out next year on advance payments of the premium tax credit for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
August 7 -
Check out the digital edition of the August 2015 issue of Accounting Today.
August 5 -
Nonprofit organizations make accounting errors at a relatively high rate, in part because they try to avoid devoting a high percentage of their funding to administrative costs, according to a new study.
August 4 -
Microsoft Corp.s stockpile of offshore profits rose to $108 billion, with a 17 percent increase over the past year as the company continues reaping profits in low-tax foreign jurisdictions.
August 4 -
Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood previews the August issue in this summer camp video.
August 4 -
In an age of stepped-up regulation and enforcement, accountants and their clients need to know how to cope with a variety of different agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
August 3 -
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Profs. Miller & Bahnson dive deep into the standard-setter in an all-new edition of a classic text
August 3
