Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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Taxpayers who exit the tax system by not filing a required return have emerged as a growing and under-the-radar problem for the IRS.
March 7 -
A divided Securities and Exchange Commission approved a new rule to require companies to provide climate-related disclosures, but scaled back the original proposal.
March 6 -
The IRS has released two new sets of regs and guidance on different credits.
March 6 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission will force companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions for the first time, but watered down a key requirement.
March 6 -
The auditing giant KPMG audited the three regional banks that failed last year. New York Community's recent disclosures that it had financial reporting weaknesses in 2023 raises new questions over the auditors' role.
March 5 -
The ruling further complicates an already complicated area — the law's mandate around beneficial ownership information reporting.
March 5 -
The Chicago-based agricultural commodity trader said the issue with internal controls relates to the way it reports sales between segments.
March 4 -
The regulatory environment around accounting is getting stricter, as the IRS, the SEC and the PCAOB crack down.
March 4 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has scheduled a meeting on its long-awaited climate disclosure rule.
March 1 -
A new GAO study adds more fuel to the research suggesting the agency should be probing more rich households. Tax pros say those efforts will have big implications.
February 29 -
Complex transactions in this industry can trigger accounting and reporting issues that may result in SEC letters, restatements and challenging conversations with investors.
February 29 -
The ability to write off research and development expenses in the first year would be revived if the Senate ever manages to pass the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act.
February 28 -
The 83 publicly disclosed accounting and auditing enforcement actions in FY 2023 represented the highest number of actions initiated since FY 2019.
February 28 -
While most accountants are aware of the reporting requirement, the majority of business owners are likely to be, at best, dimly aware of them.
February 27 -
The IRS is particularly interested in applications covering Hawaii, Kansas, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, West Virginia and Puerto Rico.
February 26 -
Planners who recommend the increasingly popular charitable vehicles could face penalties for what's currently a pretty common practice in the industry, experts say.
February 26 -
Trump said that he would make sure that "tariffs on foreign countries go up" and that "taxes on American workers and families will come down very substantially."
February 26 -
The Internal Revenue Service issued a FAQ on a program that offers help to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners who experienced discrimination by the USDA in farm lending.
February 23 -
The SEC's new cybersecurity disclosure rules will affect plenty of businesses, but a survey finds many cyber professionals lack confidence they can comply in time.
February 23 -
Most companies are providing some disclosures about their sustainability efforts, but not as many are getting assurance on their numbers from auditing firms.
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