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82% of CFOs Say Their Role Has Grown Significantly: Report

March 11, 2024

Globally, CFOs have been given increasing responsibility most often in ESG, M&A, and corporate strategy, according to a new survey.

  • business and industry

No retreat from DEI

March 11, 2024

The American Institute of CPAs' Crystal Cooke talks about why the perception that companies are scaling back their diversity efforts is wrong, and how accounting can move forward in its pursuit of diversity, equity and inclusion.

  • business and industry
  • diversity
  • practice management

Push for $600-per-child CT income tax credit faces big hurdles

March 11, 2024

Leaders say start small, phase in full credit over several years.

  • advocacy - state

Tax Credit Transfers: The New Face of Renewable Energy Tax Equity

March 11, 2024

The renewable energy finance landscape has undergone a transformative shift with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Building on this legislation, IRS proposed guidance in June 2023 helped to establish the tax credit transfer market, thereby allowing corporate taxpayers to play a pivotal role in the clean energy revolution. In this article, we explore the historical context of Investment Tax Credits (ITC) and Production Tax Credits (PTC), traditional tax equity financing structures, and the new opportunity presented by tax credit transferability for small- and medium-sized corporations.

  • federal tax

CT to get $138M for local projects in first government funding bills

March 08, 2024

More than two-thirds of this batch will go toward infrastructure and transportation projects.

  • advocacy - state
  • advocacy - federal

Governor Lamont Statement on Year-End Jobs Report for 2023

March 08, 2024

Governor Ned Lamont issued the following statement in response to today’s release of a report containing finalized year-end data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on jobs and employment levels in Connecticut for 2023.

  • advocacy - state

House Bill Would Reset State’s Emission-Reduction Goals, Incentivize Businesses to Adopt Environmentally Sustainable Practices

March 08, 2024

Dubbed “The Green Monster” by opponents, the Environment Committee began collecting public input Friday on an omnibus bill that includes 22 multi-faceted initiatives aimed at tackling the root causes and ramifications of climate change across various sectors.

  • advocacy - state

Economic optimism, hiring plans rise despite continued concern about inflation

March 07, 2024

As winter fades into the spring, optimism is on the rise — 43% of finance executives share a sunnier outlook on the U.S. economy, according to the latest quarterly survey released by AICPA & CIMA.

  • business and industry
  • practice management

DOL Enacts New Independent Contractor Test

March 06, 2024

The Department of Labor has announced a six-factor test for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This new rule takes effect on March 11, 2024.

  • accounting and auditing
  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • advocacy - federal

SEC adopts climate-related disclosure rule

March 06, 2024

The SEC on Wednesday adopted a long-awaited rule for climate-related disclosures.

  • business and industry
  • advocacy - federal

Federal court rules Corporate Transparency Act unconstitutional

March 05, 2024

On March 1, 2024, Judge Liles Burke of the U.S. District Court in Huntsville, Alabama, held that the Corporate Transparency Act — and the beneficial ownership information reporting mandate it includes — is unconstitutional, because it exceeds the powers granted to Congress by the Constitution.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • boi

Plaintiffs: FinCEN should pause all CTA enforcement

March 05, 2024

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) should pause all enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), P.L. 116-283, and its required beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting until a legal challenge works its way through the courts, plaintiffs who won the first round of the case said Tuesday.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • boi

With 340,000 fewer accountants, companies pay the price

March 01, 2024

Mistakes continued to pile up this earnings season in the wake of Lyft Inc.'s market-roiling typo: Planet Fitness Inc., Mister Car Wash Inc. and Rivian Automotive Inc. all had to correct their quarterly earnings statements. These types of errors shake investor confidence and in extreme cases can result in heavy fines from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • accounting and auditing
  • business and industry

Artificial Intelligence Takes Center Stage In Committee Debate

February 29, 2024

The Connecticut General Assembly’s General Law Committee held a wide ranging public hearing on Thursday to explore the potential impacts, both good and bad, of artificial intelligence on a host of issues of interest to the state.

  • advocacy - state

IRS renews focus on targeting high-income nonfilers

February 29, 2024

Over 125,000 high-income people who have not filed federal tax returns since 2017 will be mailed letters advising that they must file returns or explain why they don't need to file a return, the IRS said Thursday.

  • federal tax

Lawmakers Want Connecticut To Adopt A More Equitable Tax Code

February 29, 2024

Connecticut needs a more equitable tax code and to depend less on property taxes, state lawmakers said at a news conference Wednesday morning at the Legislative Office Building.

  • state tax
  • advocacy - state

The key to reducing errors with AI: Technology acceptance

February 29, 2024

To err is human. To seek help is superhuman. Gartner recently asked controllers about how often they or their peers make financial errors, as well as their thoughts on causes. Though survey respondents weren't asked about the significance of the errors cited, 59% acknowledged "several errors per month."

  • business and industry
  • technology and cybersecurity

CT task force encourages use, regulation of artificial intelligence

February 28, 2024

A state task force on artificial intelligence believes the use of AI in both government and the private sector merits exploration while regulatory measures should be in place to protect consumers from harm.

  • technology and cybersecurity
  • advocacy - state

IRS announces delay for Form 1042 e-filing requirement

February 28, 2024

Based on comments from withholding agents about difficulties in transitioning to the electronic filing of Form 1042, Annual Withholding Tax Return for U.S. Source Income of Foreign Persons, the IRS said Tuesday that it is delaying the e-filing requirement.

  • federal tax

IRS: How to correct an electronically filed return rejected for a missing Form 8962

February 28, 2024

The Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers that an electronically filed tax return will be rejected if the taxpayer is required to reconcile advance payments of the premium tax credit (APTC) on Form 8962, Premium Tax Credit (PTC), but does not complete the form in the software and submit it with their tax return.

  • federal tax