The roles of the management and executive committees, and should an individual partner serve on both?
There is considerable dysfunction in many smaller firms when it comes to management and corporate governance.
How to navigate mistakes and imperfection in the new year
It’s no surprise that accounting professionals tend to be exacting about their work.
The top 10 developments in state tax in 2019
The TCJA and Wayfair continue to dominate the landscape.
Tax Fraud Blotter: Thanks, mom
Foreign intrigue; stealing green; bringing it home; and other highlights of recent tax cases.
IAASB revises standard for risk of material misstatement
The International Accounting and Assurance Standards Board has released a revised standard for identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatements.
Clawbacks lower business taxes, but provoke questions
Companies are using “clawbacks” to recover incentive compensation that was given to executives through erroneous financial reporting while lowering their effective tax rates, but clawback adoption could be having some negative consequences, according to a new study.
Feedback sought on IPSASB governance
The Public Interest Committee, which oversees the standard-setting activities of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board, has initiated a public survey on the governance arrangements at the IPSASB to gauge perceptions of the standard-setting group’s oversight.
Business leaders face major risks in 2020
Business leaders will be contending with ongoing economic uncertainty and unknown future regulatory changes, along with accounting and tax changes, that could have an impact on their ability to effectively compete and achieve their financial targets in 2020 and beyond, according to a recent report.
PCAOB offers feedback from audit committee heads
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has released a document providing information from its conversations with nearly 400 chairs of audit committees.