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• May 2013 - Journal of Accountancy

• Taxpayer can contest trust fund penalty where son tossed Letter 1153 into basement
• Supreme Court declines to hear Historic Boardwalk rehabilitation credit case
• FASB to consider business combination concerns
• Switzerland proposes allowing banks to resolve U.S. tax evasion cases
• IASB: 3 steps to more relevant disclosures
• Revenue recognition’s effect on gift card accounting: Are you prepared?
• Pact enables PCAOB, Chinese regulators to cooperate on enforcement
• Seven ways to address IT vulnerability
• A nontraditional approach to finance management
• Six key components of analytics-based performance management
• New members named by FAF trustees, IASB
• Boot the budget? Why rolling forecasts might make more sense
• Mixed results in FAF review of FASB business combinations standard
• Supreme Court resolves circuit split on creditability of U.K. tax
• PCAOB systems unavailable Memorial Day weekend
• How can diversity be improved in the CPA profession?
• Oklahoma tornado victims get tax filing and payment extensions
• AICPA Council votes to offer specialized credentials globally
• Change in definition of attest clears hurdle
• IRS sends letters to taxpayers as it tries to close out inventory of Form 3520 processing issues
• Much-awaited leases proposal includes dual-recognition approach
• IRS gives details of operations on furlough dates
• President names new acting IRS commissioner
• IASB chair: Lease changes unpopular, but necessary
• Acting IRS commissioner out in tea party scandal
• SOX compliance costs rise for many companies, report finds
• Key factors cited as discussion of audit quality indicators nears
• AACSB approves revised accounting school accreditation standards
• 8 steps to update internal control
• Justice Department opens criminal probe of IRS treatment of tea party groups
• Newly released COSO framework a fresh look at internal control
• Final regulations for Sec. 336(e) elections are issued
• Schedule M-3 filing requirement reduced for entities below $50 million in assets
• AICPA provides guidance on auditing conflict minerals reports
• Survey: Financial stress taking a toll on Americans
• Resources help auditors resolve issues with regulator-prescribed forms
• ASB exposes clarified auditing standard on internal audit
• U.S., U.K., and Australia announce cooperative venture against tax evasion
• Survey issued to guide FASB’s future priorities
• IRS will not seek taxpayer emails without a warrant
• PCAOB reproposes related-parties auditing standard
• PCC makes progress toward 3 key private company exceptions
• How audit committees can meet risk management oversight challenges
• CFOs most crave these 2 nonaccounting skills
• Final regulations permanently extend period to receive disclosure authorization
• Final rules require EIN updates
• How can theft prevention, reporting, and return filing be improved?
• Converged leases project struggles to maintain momentum
• GAO: “Quiet disclosures” of foreign accounts potentially much higher than IRS detected
• HSA inflation adjustments issued for 2014
• Tokyo, Hong Kong again top IRS high-cost housing list
• PCAOB to consider related-parties re-proposal
• Goal for PCAOB’s Hanson: Best practices list for auditors
• Beswick: “Change fatigue” a barrier to IFRS in U.S.
• FASB proposal would guard private companies’ proprietary information
• SOP 13-1 released to update and supersede SOP 03-2
• Data, security take top two spots in AICPA technology priorities survey
• Proposed rules address minimum value of health coverage for premium tax credits