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FinREC issues working draft on multiemployer benefit plans

The AICPA Financial Reporting Executive Committee (FinREC) issued a working draft of a proposed chapter on multiemployer benefit plans and illustrative financial statements, which will be added to the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide Employee Benefit Plans.

U.S. economic enthusiasm remains high

Tariffs, rising interest rates, and difficulty finding workers are not enough to slow projected growth, according to a survey of finance decision-makers.

GASB clarifies majority equity interest reporting rules

Clarifying guidance issued by GASB explains that state and local governments are required to consider the definition of an acquisition in their accounting for majority equity interest in an organization.

Proposal would withdraw inter-entity cost guidance

A new Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board proposal is designed to eliminate inconsistencies in the board’s guidance for federal entities’ accounting for inter-entity costs.

IRS provides initial guidance on new Sec. 162(m)

The IRS issued guidance regarding amended Sec. 162(m), which limits the allowable deduction for remuneration paid by any publicly held corporation to a covered employee to $1 million.

Wright reappointed as PCC chair

Candace Wright, CPA/CFF, has been reappointed as chair of the Private Company Council (PCC), the Financial Accounting Foundation board of trustees announced.

D.C. Circuit upholds IRS unenrolled tax preparer program

The Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that the AICPA had standing to challenge the IRS’s Annual Filing Season Program for unenrolled tax preparers but further held that the program did not violate the Administrative Procedure Act.

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