The IRS describes how employers may avoid failure-to-pay and failure-to-deposit penalties for ERC claimed or anticipated in the fourth quarter but eliminated by the Infrastructure Act.
Category: AICPA News
AICPA tax advocacy gets results in 2021
The AICPA Tax Policy and Advocacy group worked with the AICPA Congressional Affairs group to represent the interests of practitioners and the public.
3 key points from the new ‘gold rush’ for intellectual property
Navigating complex deals in rapidly changing markets is a high-pressure challenge. Due diligence remains essential, and it may need to be conducted in a compressed time frame.
Finance experts’ outlook softens amid supply chain, labor challenges
The CPA Outlook Index dipped slightly but remained in positive territory.
SEC increases scrutiny of issuers whose auditors aren’t PCAOB-inspected
The SEC issued rules that create new disclosure requirements for companies that issue public securities in the US but are audited by firms that are not subject to inspection by the PCAOB.
Quiz: Check your knowledge of fraud considerations in an audit
How familiar are you with AU-C Section 240, which describes an auditor’s responsibilities relating to fraud in an audit of financial statements? Take this quiz to test what you know.
E-signing for forms, tax compliance documents extended
Temporary pandemic-related procedures are reauthorized through October 2023 for certain paper returns and forms and documents in exams and similar taxpayer interactions.
Revenue, SPACs, and LIBOR pose year-end accounting challenges
Some new and complex accounting issues are facing financial statement preparers as 2021 draws to a close.
FASAB clarifies federal accounting rules for debt cancellation
Debt cancellation is a nonexchange activity that should be reported by federal entities on the statement of changes in net position, according to an interpretation issued by FASAB.
Spring-loaded awards merit accounting scrutiny, SEC staff says
“Spring-loaded” awards are share-based compensation that companies award to executives shortly before announcing market-moving information. The SEC staff says that when measuring compensation, companies must consider the impact that the information will have upon release.