Tax pros share how they handle estimate-seekers and price shoppers. 5 blockchain trends to watch in 2020 | By Peter Rehm, Ron Quaranta, Sean Stein Smith, Ron Quaranta and Peter Rehm | As 2019 rapidly wraps up and 2020 looms on the horizon, it seems an appropriate time to take a step back and reflect on the numerous changes and shifts that have occurred in the blockchain and cryptoasset spaces. | |
Tax Fraud Blotter: Thanks, mom | By Jeff Stimpson 5 min read | Foreign intrigue; stealing green; bringing it home; and other highlights of recent tax cases. | |
Clawbacks lower business taxes, but provoke questions | By Michael Cohn 2 min read | Companies are using “clawbacks” to recover incentive compensation that was given to executives through erroneous financial reporting while lowering their effective tax rates, but clawback adoption could be having some negative consequences, according to a new study. | | Feedback sought on IPSASB governance | By Michael Cohn 1 min read | The Public Interest Committee, which oversees the standard-setting activities of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board, has initiated a public survey on the governance arrangements at the IPSASB to gauge perceptions of the standard-setting group’s oversight. | |
Business leaders face major risks in 2020 | By Michael Cohn 4 min read | Business leaders will be contending with ongoing economic uncertainty and unknown future regulatory changes, along with accounting and tax changes, that could have an impact on their ability to effectively compete and achieve their financial targets in 2020 and beyond, according to a recent report. | | |