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‘Unpredictable’ Election Clouds Tax and Economic Policy View
Sanders May Bring His Populist Brand to Powerful Senate Finance Committee
Accountant Gets Jail Time For Charging $3 Million on New Jersey Employer’s Credit Card
New Jersey Joins IRS Direct File For 2025 Filing Season
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AICPA and Oxford Course on Sustainable Financial Strategy Now Available as CPE
The six-week course, ESG and Sustainable Financial Strategy, is designed to give accounting and finance professionals the skills necessary to lead their organization’s response to sustainable business priorities.
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ESG Goals Often Tied to Share-Based Employee Compensation
Of companies that reported that they apply ESG targets, 84% said that they apply them to the management board. These targets set the strategic direction of the company for its board members.
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Institute of Internal Auditors Reviewing SEC’s New Climate Change Disclosure Rule
The IIA noted the importance of transparency in order to provide confidence to all stakeholders, including the public.
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New SEC Climate Rule Gets a Thumbs Up From the AICPA
The rule “moves us closer to the high-quality reporting that investors, lenders, and other stakeholders require,” the AICPA and CIMA said.
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SEC Issues Climate Disclosure Rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission has published new rules to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures by public companies and in public offerings.
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Why the SEC’s New Climate Disclosure Rule Won’t Solve the Problem It’s Trying to Fix
The new rule, which passed March 6, requires large companies to disclose their emissions—but there’s a major hole.
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Sustainability Reporting and Assurance Practices of Largest Global Companies Continue to Mature
The State of Play: Sustainability Disclosure and Assurance 2019-2022, Trends and Analysis, highlights the need for companies worldwide to move toward a global system of sustainability disclosure requirements.
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Accounting Firms Should Think Twice About Leasing Solar Panels
Leasing solar panels hasn’t turned into the great deal many expected as solar companies go out of business and tax breaks get slashed.