The SEC issues final rules ( www.sec.gov/rules/final/33-8124.htm
), effective August 29, requiring a public company’s principal
executive and financial officers to certify the financial and other
information in their organization’s quarterly and annual reports. The
commission also solicited, through October 9, public comments on the
advisability of extending this requirement to definitive proxy and
information statements.
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IRS sets start date for tax seasonThe IRS announced that tax season will start in late January and that it will issue refunds to taxpayers despite the partial shutdown of the federal government.
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