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GASB chairman Joel Black (bottom) with FASAB chairman George Scott (top right) and AICPA senior director of governmental auditing and accounting Mary Foelster (top left) at the AICPA Governmental Accounting and Auditing Update Conference
Michael Cohn
August 17, 2020 6:42 PM

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is working on developing new standards for state and local governments to use under its new chair, Joel Black, while responding to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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IRS
Michael Cohn
August 17, 2020 2:53 PM

The Internal Revenue Service is giving taxpayers a break if the checks they mailed in to pay their taxes still haven’t been opened up yet and are sitting in the trailers the IRS set up during the pandemic.

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CAQ
Sean McCabe
August 17, 2020 12:05 PM

The campaign looks to recognize auditors through videos, blog posts and other stories in order to "put a face to the auditors who play a significant role in keeping the capital markets functioning."

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PwC
By Alice Gledhill
August 17, 2020 10:33 AM

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP expects the majority of its 22,000 U.K. staff to spend some of their time working remotely, even after the coronavirus crisis passes.

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 Jo Jagadish joined TD Bank in April as its head of commercial products and payments innovation.
Kate Fitzgerald
August 17, 2020 12:01 AM

Jo Jagadish, who joined TD Bank in April as head of commercial products and payments innovation, spent her childhood moving from country to country, so she's used to a world without borders — the kind of world emerging from the capabilities of fintech and demands of the pandemic.

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IRS
Michael Cohn
August 14, 2020 4:13 PM

The Internal Revenue Service is giving parents another chance to list their kids so they can receive an extra $500 per child in economic impact payments under the CARES Act.

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Michael Cohn
August 13, 2020 3:45 PM

The U.S. Small Business Administration has posted rules about how businesses who have been turned down for forgiveness of their Paycheck Protection Program loans can appeal the decision.

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Michael Cohn
August 13, 2020 2:19 PM

The American Institute of CPAs has sent a letter to top officials asking for more guidance on the president's executive order.

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A worker sprays sanitizer into the hands of a shopper at a supermarket in Johannesburg, South Africa in May.
Amy Sennett
August 13, 2020 11:58 AM

Firms of all sizes should be prepared to respond appropriately and help their clients protect the health and safety of their workforce by complying with ever-changing guidelines from federal, state and local authorities.

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A man walks past the IRS headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Michael Cohn
August 12, 2020 7:36 PM

Payroll companies need guidelines on how to implement President Trump's executive order before they can start processing paychecks next month.

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