Audit firms may not be appropriately executing engagement quality review, according to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Practice has released a list of top tax planning tips for married same-sex couples to help guide them on what they will need to file taxes since the federal government officially recognized same-sex marriage for tax purposes.

Bookseller Barnes & Noble is the subject of an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into its restatement of earnings and a former employee’s allegation of improper accounting.

The Center for Audit Quality has issued a request for proposals for independent academic research related to auditing.

The House Small Business Committee held a hearing to determine whether businesses are considered single or multiple entities under the health care reform law, and the compliance ramification for multi-owner business ownership.

The digital edition of the December 2013 issue of Accounting Today is now available.

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has proposed for a second time the idea of requiring auditor reports to disclose the names of the lead partner on an audit engagement and some of the other individuals and firms who participated in audits of public companies, brokers and dealers.

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Fifth Third Bank’s holding company, Fifth Third Bancorp, on Wednesday and its former chief financial officer, with improper accounting of commercial real estate loans during the financial crisis.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board acknowledged Tuesday that a 1992 standard on accounting for income taxes did little to simplify the accounting.

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