IRS aims to curb ID theft with truncated Social Security numbers on W-2s

Starting with returns filed after Dec. 31, 2020, executives can replace the first five digits of employees' Social Security numbers with Xs or asterisks.

By Robert Freedman • Aug. 7, 2019

Amid rising corporate profits, workers demand more equitable compensation

Weekly wages have increased by about 2.6% each year between 2008 and 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found.

By Jane Thier • Aug. 5, 2019

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CFO best practices in the evolving generative AI era

As the initial frenzy around the launch of generative artificial intelligence subsides, a new GenAI era appears to be taking shape.

By CFO Dive staff

As simple as it sounds, just identifying your leases is the highest hurdle to new FASB standards

CFOs of private companies don't have much time to comply with new lease accounting standards even if FASB extends the start date a year, as it has proposed.

By Marc Betesh • Aug. 2, 2019

SEC hits Brixmor CFO, former REIT execs with $7M fraud fine

Executives improperly manipulated same-property NOI reporting, subjecting their company to the SEC fine.

By Robert Freedman • Aug. 2, 2019

FASB to delay lease accounting rules until 2021

New lease accounting standards won't go into effect until 2021 for private companies in a FASB proposal that's expected to be adopted soon. 

By Robert Freedman • Aug. 1, 2019

SmileDirectClub expected to file $1B IPO next month

The company, which provides molds that consumers can apply to their teeth at home, recently raised $400 million.

By Jane Thier • Aug. 1, 2019

What Facebook's $5B FTC settlement means for Zuckerberg, third parties and corporate structure

The social network essentially had its data privacy standards set by "their most click-happy friend," said Gustav Eyler, director at the Department of Justice.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 25, 2019