Natalie Madeira Cofield, a former assistant administrator for the Office of Women's Business Ownership at the U.S. Small Business Administration, made the business case for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in her keynote address at the Foundation for Accounting Education's DEI Conference on Jan. 25, saying that DEI can lead to increased market share.

Aiming to reduce the number of paper Forms 1099 that it expects to be filed, the IRS announced on Jan. 25  that it has opened an online portal through which these forms can be filed for free.

The role of nonprofit chief financial officers continues to evolve as they confront a changing environment brought on by a confluence of events, two experienced professionals told those attending a session of the Foundation for Accounting Education's 45th Annual Nonprofit Conference on Jan. 19.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) has reconsidered its earlier decision to exclude group audits from the larger standard for auditing less complex entities, and has issued a new proposal for a standard that would include such a section.

With so many regulators out here, it can be tough to keep track of all the decisions being made. This is the NYSSCPA's regular series that collects relevant regulatory announcements from the past week and puts them in one place to help you stay on top of the issues.