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Accounting, Tax Strategies, and Business Advisory Insights and Guidance for Public Companies

 

 C-Suiters in public companies are facing unparralled scrutiny of their company’s finances and financial reporting, in addition to increasingly complex tax and regulatory compliance requirements.


Read what Bonadio's CPAs and management consultants have to say about a wide variety of these issues for public companies throughout Upstate New York. Share your observations and insights with peers, and subscribe via the Community's RSS feed to get our latest postings via e-mail or through your reader.

 

 

In this first Viewpoint of our three-part series, “New Accounting and Reporting Requirements for Banks”, Bonadio Principal, Jamie L. Keiser, CPA, breaks down the proposed changes and helps you navigate the often complex world of FASB, IASB, TDRs, and more.

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Internal control over financial reporting has become a key responsibility for management.  As a result, new standards for reporting on controls at a service organization are on their way:  a service auditor’s standard and a user auditor’s standard. Compliments of the IAASB and the ASB, these SAS 70 replacements set the guidelines for maintaining an effective system of internal control.

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Seeking ways to improve voluntary compliance and increase tax collections, the IRS has implemented a number of far-reaching reporting requirements that will take effect over the next several years.  And while the new reporting requirements will not result in increased tax liabilities for most law-abiding businesses and individuals, it will significantly increase their paperwork burden.   Leah Powell, CPA and Principal weighs in on what to do so as not to be caught off-guard.  

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In addition to maximizing shareholder value, public and non-public financial institutions need to remain cognizant of accounting and reporting developments that impact them as they enter the calendar year end.  Here, Jamie Keiser, CPA and Principal, compiles a list of what you need to know as the calendar year comes to a close.

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The Treasury Department is charging full speed into the 21st century, and will soon require employers to register for the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System.  Bonadio Tax Partner, Tom Bruckel, CPA, advises that to get the most out of this convenient new system, there’s no time like the present to get on board.  Read on for his helpful tips to get you started.

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