The Securities and Exchange Commission has tapped George Botic as acting chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, effective July 23, 2025, after Erica Williams steps down. Williams was asked to resign last week by the new SEC chair Paul Atkins and her last day is Tuesday, July 22.
The Internal Revenue Service is reevaluating how to gauge the more than 150 taxpayer service improvement projects it had been pursuing before staffing and budget cuts this year, according to a new report. The report, released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office, noted that the IRS has struggled to improve
The Internal Revenue Service’s progress in improving tax compliance in recent years has been threatened by cuts in funding and hiring, according to a new report. The report, released by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, examined IRS trends in compliance activities through fiscal year 2023. That was a
The Indiana CPA Society’s CPA Educational Foundation awarded $24,550 in 2025-26 college and CPA exam scholarships. The new class of scholarship recipients will receive a total of $21,000: Max Carmody, graduate student, Indiana University; Adam Hernandez, freshman, Purdue University; Kyera North, junior, University of Evansville; Ryan Rakaska, junior, Indiana University
Staff members at Hannis T. Bourgeois Accounting Today and Best Companies Group have announced the members of the 2025 Best Accounting Firms to Work For list. The annual survey and awards program is designed to identify, recognize and honor the best employers in the accounting profession. The 2025 list is
The Institute of Internal Auditors presented its updated competency framework for internal auditors during its international conference this week in Toronto. The new competency framework has three main components, with skill subcategories, proficiency levels and characteristics of demonstrating proficiencies in each of the categories, similar to the old competency framework.
Succession planning for closely held business owners has always carried estate tax risks, but the Supreme Court’s 2024 decision in Connelly v. United States has made those risks more costly (to the tune of $890,000 for one taxpayer’s estate). The Supreme Court held that life insurance proceeds used for a
The Internal Revenue Service’s plan under the Biden administration to audit high-income taxpayers appears less likely after staffing and budget cuts under the Trump administatation, according to a new report. The report, released by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, reviewed the IRS’s examination plan to ensure Inflation Reduction
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board today sanctioned Goldman & Company, CPA’s, and Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton for violations related to required audit records and disclosures of key information for investors. The board found that Goldman & Company violated AS 1215, Audit Documentation, by failing to timely assemble a complete
Maggie Havelka Schneider Downs & Co., Pittsburgh, added as shareholders: Maggie Havelka, who joined the firm in 2013 and focuses on estate, succession planning and individual taxation for business owners, executives and high-net-worth individuals; Patrick Hickman, who joined the firm in 2023; Logan Kowcheck, who joined the firm in 2011,