CEO pay growth accelerates at S&P 500
Chief executives have been seeing substantial pay gains over the past year, especially at the largest companies, according to a new analysis.

Platform adds Pennsylvania firm
The Top 50 Firm acquired St. Clair & Associates, expanding its footprint in the Northeast market.

Mamdani pushes to shrink NY hedge-fund, private-equity tax break
The mayor is delaying the city's $127 billion budget as he pressures the state to limit a pass-through entity tax credit used by financial businesses.

The Scylla and Charybdis of accounting technology
Accounting firms need to steer between two equally dangerous positions when it comes technology.

House passes IRS Whistleblower Improvement Act
The House passed bipartisan legislation to strengthen the Internal Revenue Service's Whistleblower Awards Program and provide faster payouts to tipsters.

How well did you survive tax season?
Accountaneur Advisory's inaugural survey measuring the human cost of tax season is open for participation.

The IRS just reset the ERC clock: Six months or file suit
The IRS announced a streamlined way for Employee Retention Credit claimants to extend the two-year deadline to file a refund suit after a claim disallowance.

Audit committee chairs check in on AI
The PCAOB found that audit committee chairs are increasingly turning to their auditors to understand AI's impacts on a company's financial reporting and controls.

FASB adds project on insurance hedging
The Financial Accounting Standards Board added a project to its technical agenda to allow insurance companies to use the "portfolio layer method" when doing hedge accounting on their financial liabilities.

AICPA & CIMA roll out AI Skills Accelerator program
The AICPA and CIMA announced its new "AI Skills Accelerator," an intensive multicourse program that provides a wide breadth of materials to build skills with AI and better understand the mindset needed to do so successfully.