PCAOB plans vote on audit report changes

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is planning to hold an open meeting next Thursday, June 1, to consider adopting a long-discussed set of changes to the auditor’s reporting model.


‘Mnuchin Rule’ against wealthy tax cuts comes back to bite him

A pledge not to give the wealthiest Americans an absolute tax cut is coming back to haunt Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.


Software survey: Moving past gross to net

Payroll providers weigh in on the latest trends in the field.


BlackLine now available to outsourcers serving small, medium sized companies

Raffa and RSM are the first accounting firms to join the newly expanded strategic partner program.


Firms on the move: BlumShapiro opens doors to Career Walk

CalCPA debuts new headquarters; Bloomberg BNA announces recipients for outstanding authorship in taxation; and more company news.


People on the move: Postlethwaite & Netterville selects next CEO

Sikich hires CFO; Rea & Associates principal retires; and other recent hires, promotions and personnel news from firms across the country.


Can’t someone else do it?

A firm’s staff-to-partner ratio says a lot about how well they’re delegating.


The biggest issues of 2017 for tax pros

Practitioner groups are taking their members’ concerns to Washington.


Court rules against Wells Fargo on STARS tax shelter case

A federal court in Minneapolis has found Wells Fargo liable for a 20 percent negligence penalty for participating in a tax shelter sold by Barclays Bank that generated $350 million in foreign tax credits.


TIGTA keeping an eye on IRS private debt collectors

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has concerns about the Internal Revenue Service’s recently revived private debt collection program in light of the ongoing problem of scammers pretending to be IRS employees calling taxpayers to demand bogus tax debts be paid immediately.