FYI

Leslie F. Seidman was named FASB chairman on Dec. 23. She had been acting chairman since the retirement of Robert Herz on Sept. 30 and has been a FASB member since 2003.

The SEC appointed James Doty PCAOB chairman and named Jay Hanson and Lewis Ferguson members of the board. Doty is a Washington-based securities lawyer and a former SEC general counsel. Ferguson, also a Washington securities lawyer, served for more than three years as the PCAOB’s first general counsel. Hanson is a partner and the national director of accounting at McGladrey & Pullen LLP in Bloomington, Minn., with responsibility for leading the firm’s accounting standards group. He is chair of the AICPA’s Financial Reporting Executive Committee and a member of FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force.

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With all the recent tax law changes, this year it’s more important than ever to make sure your clients’ tax situations are squared away before year end. This report provides necessary guidance to ensure 2019 starts without a hitch.

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