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Treasury and IRS unveil new Form W-4 for 2020 | By Michael Cohn 3 min read
| The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have released on Friday a redesigned Form W-4 for tax year 2020, making a number of changes to earlier draft versions of the form after hearing complaints from tax professionals. | |
HSBC Swiss unit to pay $329M in Belgian tax settlement | By Gaspard Sebag 2 min read
| HSBC Holdings Plc’s Swiss private banking unit agreed to pay about 294 million euros ($329 million) to settle a Belgian criminal probe into allegations it helped wealthy clients dodge hundreds of millions of euros in taxes. | |
Global ethics for accountants | By Michael Cohn
| Diane Jules, deputy director of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants, discusses how IESBA has been developing its Code of Ethics and technology for accountants to use around the world. | |
SPONSOR CONTENT | Special Report: The Audit of the Future | If even half the current predictions are true, in five years no one will recognize the audit. This report will look at some of the most likely changes. | |
Uber created a $6.1B Dutch weapon to avoid paying taxes | By Lynnley Browning and Eric Newcomer 6 min read
| Uber Technologies Inc., responding to a European crackdown on offshore tax havens, created a $6.1 billion Dutch tax deduction that will help the company reduce a chunk of its global tax bill for years to come. | |
AICPA presents 2019 'Medal of Inspiration' | By Sean McCabe 2 min read
| The American Institute of CPAs recognized Indira Karimove, an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Tyler, for success in the face of hardship. | |
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