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Today, FinCEN announced that it will not issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions against any companies based on any failure to file or update beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports pursuant to the Corporate Transparency Act by the current deadlines. No fines or penalties will be issued, and no enforcement actions will be taken, until a forthcoming interim final rule becomes effective and the new relevant due dates in the interim final rule have passed. This announcement continues Treasury’s commitment to reducing regulatory burden on businesses, as well as prioritizing under the Corporate Transparency Act reporting of BOI for those entities that pose the most significant law enforcement and national security risks.

When Michael Ly launched his CPA firm in 2015, his then-revolutionary work model led to some unexpected, and hilarious, circumstances during interviews with potential employees.

According to a news release, CohnReznick will operate in an alternative practice structure following the closing of the transaction. CohnReznick LLP, a licensed CPA firm, will provide attest services, and CohnReznick Advisory LLC (which will not be a licensed CPA firm) will provide tax, advisory, and other nonattest services.

As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries and daily life, Connecticut lawmakers are once again proposing legislation to establish guardrails for its use

The Internal Revenue Service today announced its annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2025 with a warning for taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals to watch out for common schemes that threaten their tax and financial information.

The Internal Revenue Service announced today it’s making it easier for taxpayers to file their taxes by adding information return documents to their IRS Individual Online Account, helping consolidate important tax records into one digital location.

Women in accounting still face outdated bias, inflexibility and a profession slow to change. Ahead of International Women’s Day, Zoe Whitman, founder of The 6 Figure Bookkeeper, reflects on the challenges women continue to face.

The Connecticut Senate met for several hours Tuesday to debate a pair of emergency certification bills – House Bills 7066 and 7067 – that had passed the House the previous evening. Tuesday’s session reflected many of the same viewpoints and arguments previously voiced in the House.

The AICPA Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC) approved revisions to the "Section 529 Plans" interpretation (ET §1.240.070) of the Code of Professional Conduct's "Independence Rule."

The state legislature’s General Law Committee will conduct a public hearing Wednesday to consider a bill that would offer more flexibility for state residents to become a certified public accountant.

The Connecticut House voted Monday night for two emergency bills, one reflecting a widening disagreement with Gov. Ned Lamont over spending and another responding to President Donald J. Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants and LGBTQ services, including gender-affirming care.

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced today that IRS Chief Operating Officer Melanie Krause will become acting IRS Commissioner following the retirement announcement of Doug O’Donnell.

Budget hikes for technology are far higher than those for other key expense categories.

Artificial intelligence is shaking up the accounting world, but the firms thriving in this new era aren’t just embracing technology, they’re making sure their people are on board first.

Douglas O'Donnell, the acting IRS commissioner, told employees in an email Tuesday that he will step down from the position effective Friday.

86% of C-suite leaders plan to increase investment in generative AI technology this year, but the majority of employees feel unprepared for technological changes, a new survey report said.

Chad Acord is a 41-year-old father of four who's been in the accounting profession for more than a decade. Now, after years of waiting, he's about to close the 13-college-credit-hour gap that's been keeping him from earning his CPA license.

We asked the DRS to extend three deadlines from March 15, 2025 to April 15, 2025. Based on the DRS Commissioner’s authority to extend, due to statutory limitations, he was only able to extend two of the dates to April 15, 2025 as requested: Form CT-PET, Connecticut Pass-Through Entity Tax Return and Form CT-1065/CT-1120SI, Connecticut Composite Income Tax Return.

Artificial intelligence took the business world by storm in 2024. Countless AI-driven tools that emerged during the past year are boosting efficiency in virtually every industry by automating the tasks that most often bog down business processes. Essentially, AI takes on the business world's day-to-day dirty work, delivering with more accuracy and speed than human workers are capable of providing.

Boosting spending on technology remained ahead of pay increases for the second consecutive year in Gartner's annual survey of CFOs and finance leaders. And while pay increases did maintain second place in terms of planned budget boosts for 2025, the volume of those increases is forecast to tumble.