Organization Root Tag

Steven Mnuchin, Treasury Secretary nominee
IRS
Michael Cohn
November 19, 2020 11:19 AM

The guidance clears up the tax treatment of expenses when a loan from the Paycheck Protection Program hasn’t been forgiven by the end of the year.

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IRS building 2
IRS
Michael Cohn
November 18, 2020 5:08 PM

The pandemic is throwing a monkey wrench into plans for the Internal Revenue Service to reorganize itself to provide better taxpayer service.

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SBA
By Polly Mosendz, Zachary Mider and Jeff Green
November 18, 2020 11:20 AM

The single-family house on Forestview Avenue in Euclid, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, shows no signs of farming activity. The only things growing on the one-eighth-acre plot are trees, shrubs and grass.

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Institute of Management Accountants headquarters in Montvale, N.J.
IMA
Michael Cohn
November 16, 2020 4:07 PM

The institute released the pair of reports as companies increasingly rely on their CFOs and accounting departments to help them survive beyond the coronavirus pandemic.

4 Min Read
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Michael Cohn
November 16, 2020 2:19 PM

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation unit has been initiating fewer investigations of abusive tax return preparers this past year, while also recommending fewer prosecutions, and seeing fewer indictments and prison sentences this year.

5 Min Read
GASB logo at headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut
Michael Cohn
November 13, 2020 5:25 PM

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is giving state and local governments extra time to implement its new leases standard because of the coronavirus pandemic, and they will need it.

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FHA mutual mortgage insurance fund's capital ratio
November 13, 2020 3:32 PM

The Federal Housing Administration said in its annual actuarial report that the capital reserve ratio on its mutual mortgage insurance fund increased to 6.10% in fiscal year 2020, up from 4.84% a year earlier.

3 Min Read
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IRS
Michael Cohn
November 9, 2020 5:34 PM

The service is rolling out new systems and expanding forms that can be electronically filed by tax-exempt organizations.

8 Min Read
Alyssa Place
November 9, 2020 1:39 PM

With the presidential election now decided, managers can model empathy and boundary setting to get employees back on track and refocused at work.

2 Min Read
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Michael Cohn
November 6, 2020 2:04 PM

Eighty percent of the business leaders surveyed by BDO in the Americas said the focus of tax legislation changes constantly as the result of the elected party and/or it is difficult to predict.

5 Min Read