The amounts-billed
reporting method yields numbers that are only moderately relevant to a cash-basis taxpayer, creating the need for the practitioner to understand the timing of actual events behind the reported figures.
Obviously, non-reporting can be fixed by
reporting. But flawed reports can only be fixed by what NCOs have long called "Attention to Detail."
The Enhanced Business
Reporting Consortium is working to improve the quality of information in a cost-effective and time-efficient manner.
It has been five years since The Tax Executive last covered the progress of a worldwide collaborative effort to create a standardized digital format for exchanging accounting, tax, and other business
reporting information.
According to Claudia Bourne Farrell, a spokeswomen for the Federal Trade Commission (www.ftc.gov), most consumers are unaware of specialty consumer
reporting agencies unless they've been denied a particular service.
To complicate matters, variation exists on the design, implementation, and
reporting of existing programs.
Developing systems that link human and animal disease
reporting systems can help identify and facilitate a response to known and emerging zoonotic diseases.
Offshore outsourcing continues to gain acceptance, but penetration is still relatively low, with about 5 out of 6 organizations
reporting that they are not using offshore IT providers; only about 2 percent report offshore as their primary source.
* THE AICPA REVISED ITS STANDARDS for performing and
reporting on peer reviews for firms that do not audit SEC registrants.
Several major enhancements will improve delinquency
reporting capabilities, report scheduler functionality and overall site navigation.
Recent changes made by Congress to the Fair Credit
Reporting Act mean that insurance company executives who may have thought they understood the act need to take a second look at their compliance procedures.
The 2001 survey's leading sector, process control, has dropped into ninth place for 2002,
reporting a median income of $93,000 (down from 2001's reported $105,000.)
Department of Justice administers two statistical programs to measure the magnitude, nature, and impact of crime in the Nation: the Uniform Crime
Reporting (UCR) Program and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
Law enforcement investigation is crucial for accurate hate crime
reporting because it must reveal sufficient evidence to lead a reasonable and prudent person to conclude that the offender's actions were motivated, in whole or in part, by his or her bias.
There were notable increases in the
reporting of fair or poor health among individuals over the age of 45.
