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  • FASB Looks to the Future with Upcoming Survey

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    May 4, 2015
    The FASB is on the look out for new "big ticket" projects, on par with leases or revenue recognition, and wants stakeholders to fill them in on issues that affect multiple industries in dramatic ways for their standards setting agenda going forward. 

  • Researchers Find SOX Creates Perverse Incentives

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    Apr 29, 2015
    A new study in the The Accounting Review has found that companies that report an internal control weakness as required by SOX and then later make a restatement are more likely to see SEC enforcement and class action lawsuits than if the weakness had only been disclosed after a restatement. 

  • NFL to Drop Tax Exempt Status

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    Apr 30, 2015
    The National Football League plans to drop is status as a tax-exempt organization, with the owner saying the debate in Washington over this designation had become a distraction. 

  • IASB Votes to Propose Delaying Rev. Rec. Effective Date

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    Apr 29, 2015
    The International Accounting Standards Board voted to propose delaying the effective date of its revenue recognition standard, less than a month after the FASB voted to propose its own delay. 

  • SEC Preparing to Release Executive Compensation Proposal

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    Apr 29, 2015
    The Securities and Exchange Commission will soon release long-awaited proposed rules on executive compensation disclosures as mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act. 

  • Deustche Bank Fails to Become Pure Investment Bank After ECB Stress Test

    By:
    Jason Wong
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    Apr 28, 2015

    Deutsche Bank has dropped its plan to become a pure investment bank and corporate lender after stress tests imposed by the European Central Bank found that the new model would not survive a severe financial crisis, according to Reuters. 

  • Gov. Cuomo Nominates Jerry Boone for Tax Commissioner

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    Apr 28, 2015
    New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has nominated Jerry Boone to be the new Commissioner of the Department of Taxation and Finance. 

  • Appeals Court Revives Dismissed Madoff Suit Against PwC

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
    |
    Apr 27, 2015
    An appeals court in New York has, four years after it was initially dismissed, has said that a lawsuit launched by victims of Bernie Madoff's multi-billion dollar fraud against PricewaterhouseCoopers and Citigroup can proceed. 

  • U.S. Investors May or May Not Owe Chinese Taxes

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    Apr 27, 2015
    Investors in the U.S. who made big money in Chinese stocks may owe the People's Republic a 10 percent capital gains tax... Or not. This ambiguity has some sitting on edge as they await clear answers. 

  • In Ecuador, a Huge Demand for ‘Lucky’ U.S. 2 Dollar Bills

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    Apr 24, 2015
    In Ecuador—where, in response to hyperinflation, its currency has been pegged to the U.S. dollar for the past 15 years—there is a strong demand for $2 bills to the point where black markets offer them up for sometimes two or three times their face value. 

  • Pass-Through Entities Confound Corp. Tax Reform

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    Apr 24, 2015
    Speaker of the House John Boehner said that, despite Republican majorities in both chambers, corporate tax reform is, at best, a 50-50 proposition. 

  • French Journalist Latest to be Charged in PwC Luxembourg Leak

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
    |
    Apr 23, 2015
    Edouard Perrin, a French journalist, is the third person to be charged in a leak that exposed lucrative tax sheltering deals facilitated by Big Four firm PwC.

  • FASB Proposes Major Changes to Nonprofit Accounting

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    Apr 23, 2015
    The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has proposed a major change to how nonprofit organizations present their financial statements to better align practice with the contemporary economic environment. 

  • President to Offer Changes in Who Qualifies for Overtime

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    Apr 22, 2015
    President Barack Obama is aiming to have the Department of Labor draft new rules that would make it more difficult to exempt workers from overtime pay due to being considered managers. 

  • UK-based Trader Allegedly Linked with 2010 Flash Crash

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    Apr 22, 2015
    The U.S. Justice Department believes that the 2010 flash crash, where the market suddenly lost and then gained nearly 1,000 points within the course of a few minutes, was made much worse due to the actions of a single trader in the U.K. 

  • Poll: Most Blame Boss for Work-Life Imbalance

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    Apr 21, 2015
    A solid majority of people polled by a project management systems company said that, if they have a bad work-life balance, it's because they have a bad boss. 

  • IASB Considering Its Own Rev. Rec. Delay

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
    |
    Apr 21, 2015
    The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is currently weighing whether it should delay the implementation of its revenue recognition standard in light of the FASB's proposal to do the same. 

  • Report: Companies Have an Urge to Merge

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    Apr 20, 2015
    More than half of U.S. business executives surveyed have said that they anticipate making an acquisition sometime over the next year. 

  • Report Finds IRS Support Plummeted This Tax Year

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    Apr 20, 2015
    An interim from the Treasury Inspector General of Tax Administration has found that, due to the effects of budget cuts, service and support from the IRS to taxpayers has dropped dramatically. 

  • PCAOB Enters Cooperative Agreement with Hungarian Counterpart

    By:
    Chris Gaetano
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    Apr 17, 2015
    The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, as part of its push to strengthen ties with its international counterparts, has entered into a cooperative agreement with the Auditors' Public Oversight Authority of the Ministry for the National Economy of Hungary. 
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