IRS advisory committees getting an overhaul

IRSAC will expand its functions, incorporate two other groups, and focus on the service’s operating divisions.


Want a divorce? Then do it right now or pay much bigger tax bill

This year, some estranged spouses have a more powerful incentive than ever to call a truce.


Auditors see challenges in new leasing standard

The new lease accounting standard that takes effect for public companies next year poses obstacles for the audit firms that have begun implementing it for their clients.


Separating the old from the new in the leases standard for lessees

The accounting standard redefines the rules for operating leases.


Eide Bailly merges in Kohn & Co.

The Fargo, North Dakota-based Top 100 Firm is expanding its presence in Reno, Nevada.


FASB updates accounting for VIE consolidation

The standards update aims to reduce the cost and complexity of variable interest entities, particularly for private companies.


ADP finds private sector added 227,000 jobs in October

Small businesses are having a difficult time finding qualified employees to fill the open slots.


Audit dead in a decade?

Experts at an NYU roundtable shared their views on how AI and blockchain may change, or eliminate, the audit profession.


HD Vest CEO Bob Oros to leave in two weeks

The executive must attend to a close family member who has recently learned of significant health challenges, a spokeswoman says.


Citrin Cooperman merges in D&H Global

The Top 100 Firm is adding a Philadelphia-based tax and accounting practice that specializes in expatriates.