Sitemap - News - 2012 - May

• Sitemap
• Journal of Accountancy news
• 2012
• May 2012 - Journal of Accountancy

• First Circuit strikes down Defense of Marriage Act but stays tax remedies
• Data breaches emerge as tech sector’s fastest-rising risk factor
• Guidance issued on new $2,500 FSA limit
• Prop. regs. clarify meaning of “substantial risk of forfeiture” under Sec. 83
• IRS issues guidance, requests comments on smart cards and debit cards used for transit fares
• FASB and IASB narrow lessee accounting model options
• New private company council includes FASB, but in reduced role
• IRS to close offices as part of administration’s cost-cutting efforts
• Offer in compromise rules made more flexible in expansion of Fresh Start program
• Long-awaited private company decision expected Wednesday
• FAF trustees expected to rule on private company reporting standards
• Final regs. issued on health insurance premium tax credits
• Eight steps for implementing a technological overhaul
• Panel: Leveraging data, collaborating across business units critical skills for corporate finance leaders
• Accounting firm payments to owners flunk independent investor test
• FASB nearing release of invitation to comment on disclosure framework
• Finance and accounting workers feel secure in jobs, according to survey
• Secrets to surviving four technology storms ahead
• SEC asks FASB to review accounting for hedging derivatives when counterparties change
• Leaders from large accounting firms bullish but monitoring regulation, complexity, human capital
• Entrepreneur brings attitude to economic discussion
• Going concern evaluations, auditor’s reporting model on the week’s agenda
• Farm debtors must pay capital gain tax in full, the Supreme Court holds
• FASB clarifications include plans for qualitative disclosures for financial instruments
• Illinois “click-through nexus” law held unconstitutional
• Obligations arising from certain upfront payments made by CFCs are not U.S. property
• Litigation, regulation expected to add to forensic and valuation workload
• To prevent fraud, offer a hotline, train employees on fraud prevention, report says
• TIGTA and Congress focus on identity theft and tax fraud
• TPA gives technical guidance for health care entities
• IASB proposes package of IFRS amendments
• Financial matters are top cause of couples’ spats, survey shows
• Final regulations issued on deduction of prepaid mortgage insurance premiums
• Terms in OIC agreement take meaning from Code, court holds
• FASB to revisit going-concern question
• Basis reporting rules for debt instruments and options postponed for one year