The Internal Revenue Service has completed its first settlement order with the operator of a syndicated conservation easement scheme as part of a broader crackdown on what the IRS views as abusive tax scams. IRS begins settlements of syndicated conservation easements → | By Michael Cohn 5 min read | The Internal Revenue Service has completed its first settlement order with the operator of a syndicated conservation easement scheme as part of a broader crackdown on what the IRS views as abusive tax scams. | |
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CalCPA forms diversity commission → | By Michael Cohn 3 min read | The California Society of CPAs has created a commission to focus on diversity, equity and inclusion issues in the CPA profession. | |
Accounting in space → | By Daniel Hood | As humanity explores the stars and starts to do business there, it will require significant innovations in accounting, according to Dr. Hank Alewine, associate professor of accounting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. | | Wirecard inquiry probes why Germany missed fraud of century → | By Nicholas Comfort and Birgit Jennen 4 min read | Germany’s blame game over Wirecard AG’s collapse is focusing on the question of why authorities failed to take a harder look at the payments company before it became the country’s biggest accounting scandal in living memory. | | |