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    New SEC cyber rules draw ‘question-begging’ breach disclosures

    Filers may be opening the door to investor confusion by reporting breaches that don’t appear to be “material” as described, without explaining why.

    By March 12, 2024
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    Minnesota bill with 120-hour CPA path inches forward

    The Minnesota bill would allow future certified public accountants to sidestep the need for a fifth year of college. It is controversial.

    By March 11, 2024
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    ESG transforming CFO role

    Companies are turning to their CFO to identify ways to measure and report on their organization's environmental, social and governance performance.    

    By CFO Dive staff
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    Visa spends ‘billions’ battling cybersecurity threats

    “We are all in an arms race to protect this ecosystem, to protect the network,” Visa CEO Ryan McInerney said at an investor conference last week.

    By Lynne Marek • March 11, 2024
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    Pillar 2 tax heightens CFO need for quality data

    In 2021 more than 130 countries agreed to implement Pillar 2, which seeks to set a global minimum effective tax rate of 15% for certain multinational enterprises.

    By March 6, 2024
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    SEC drops scope 3 from final climate rule

    The agency said scope 3 was removed due to a large number of comments concerning compliance costs, as well as the consistency and reliability of scope 3 data.

    By Lamar Johnson • March 6, 2024
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    Gender diversity on boards correlates with high credit quality: Moody’s

    Investors seek greater gender and racial diversity on corporate boards, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    By March 5, 2024
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    Tech startup Slice raises $7M for equity compensation platform

    The funding will help the startup to further develop the platform while expanding its geographic reach, according to CEO Maor Levran.

    By March 5, 2024
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    93% of firms use a mix of ESG standards, thwarting uniformity efforts: IFAC

    The spotlight on confusion from a jumble of ESG frameworks comes just days before a vote on an SEC rule aimed at ensuring uniformity in climate disclosure.

    By March 4, 2024
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    Ex-Trump CFO Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury

    The ex-CFO will be sentenced to five months in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of perjury, according to reports, his second felony conviction in two years.

    By March 4, 2024
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    SEC charges Lordstown Motors with misleading investors on sales outlook

    Lordstown’s auditor and adviser also faces SEC sanctions for allegedly violating independence standards.

    By March 1, 2024
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    Clearing the tax ‘data swamp’: Thomson Reuters

    To keep pace with emerging tax requirements, organizations need to change their processes as well as their technologies, Thomson Reuters’ Ray Grove said.  

    By Feb. 29, 2024
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    Few link 150 credit hours to more prepared accounting graduates

    Less than 10% of NJCPA members surveyed reported seeing accounting graduates with an extra 30 hours of college credit as “noticeably” better prepared.

    By Feb. 28, 2024
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    Judge denies former View CFO motion to dismiss SEC complaint

    The SEC had “adequately alleged facts” which allowed the court to reasonably infer negligence on the part of the ex-CFO, the judge said.

    By Feb. 28, 2024
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    CFOs take backseat to CISOs on SEC cyber rules

    Less than half of finance chiefs are involved in the SEC's cybersecurity breach disclosure process, AuditBoard found.

    By Feb. 27, 2024
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    MGM Resorts’ cyberattack headache continues as regulators launch investigations

    The company said it could face fines in connection with regulatory inquiries stemming from the social engineering attack.

    By David Jones • Feb. 26, 2024
  • SEC charges husband for insider trading on wife’s deal-making for BP

    A Houston resident overheard merger negotiations by his wife, a former BP employee, and engaged in insider trading, the SEC alleged.

    By Feb. 23, 2024
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    IRS targets ‘under the radar’ misuse of corporate jets: Werfel

    The IRS has stepped up tax enforcement since Congress approved a $80 billion funding boost in 2022.

    By Feb. 22, 2024
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    Judge orders Trump Organization to pay $364M in long-awaited civil fraud ruling

    Judge Engoron also permanently banned the organization’s ex-CFO and ex-controller from serving in the financial control function of any New York corporation.

    By Feb. 16, 2024
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    Former NJ law firm CFO charged in $1.5M embezzlement scheme

    The ex-finance chief had his law firm pay $355,256 in credit card ex-expenses for himself and his family, the New Jersey Attorney General alleges.

    By Feb. 16, 2024
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    Imminent Trump civil fraud ruling could spur due diligence reckoning

    The anticipated ruling could serve as warning to executives at companies run by dominant personalities to do their own due diligence on financial matters, Hofstra's Jack Castonguay said.

    By Feb. 16, 2024
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    Werfel defends IRS against Republican efforts to slash funding

    Before the approval of $80 billion in extra funding in 2022, the Internal Revenue Services fielded just one examiner for every 150 of the largest tax filers, IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said.

    By Feb. 15, 2024
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    Auditors should follow tougher standards for identifying fraud: IAASB

    A proposal for stricter rules by the global standard setter for corporate audits follows what it says is a rash in fraud cases in recent years.

    By Feb. 12, 2024
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    HPE seeks to recoup $4B in long-running fraud case

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise attorneys want the founder and ex-CFO of Autonomy to pay for the steep losses HPE faced after acquiring their firm.

    By Feb. 12, 2024
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    R&D tax rollback proposal leaves CFOs ‘on edge’

    Many businesses applauded when a tax package with the key R&D provision sailed through the U.S. House. Now they’re waiting for the Senate to act.

    By Feb. 8, 2024
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    Yellen backs legislation to avert AI threat to financial stability

    Testimony by the Treasury Secretary follows a pledge by the Biden administration to seize on the benefits of artificial intelligence while containing its risks.

    By Feb. 8, 2024