PCAOB wins case challenging constitutionality
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board won a consolidated John Doe case that claimed the PCAOB's disciplinary proceedings violated two auditors' constitutional rights.

IRS sued for leaking special agent's tax info to prosecutors
The agent spent a decade reporting that IRS management wouldn't pursue the promoters of abusive tax shelters.

IRS allowed unauthorized access to VIP taxpayer info
IRS employees snooped on the taxes of government officials, business leaders and entertainers despite a program designed to safeguard against such access.

Eide Bailly grows affordable housing niche
The Top 25 Firm will acquire Loveridge Hunt & Co., a firm based in Bellevue, Washington, specializing in the affordable housing industry.

Work-life balance is possible even for your startup clients
There's another way you can bring value to your client relationships.

Goldman Sachs ensnared in EY data breach earlier this year
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s data was exposed earlier this year in a hack of accounting firm EY, according to a person familiar with the matter.

NYC can proceed with pied-a-terre tax as court weighs appeal
New York City can proceed with the rollout of its pied-à-terre tax while an appeals court considers a legal challenge.

Trump says he's considering gas tax suspension to ease costs
The administration is looking for ways to ease high energy costs ahead of November's midterm elections.

AI recommendations favoring narrow band of big firms
The majority of CPA firms are completely invisible to AI search, which is dominated by a small number of extremely large organizations.

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